trenchant

/TREN-chunt/adjective

vigorous and incisive in expression or style

Her trenchant testimony reshaped the hearing.
Synonyms
incisive, cutting, penetrating
Antonyms
vague, feeble
Memory hook
trancher (cut): argument with a blade.

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