Hard-hitting

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Aggressively vigorous or forceful.

    "A packed schedule of 13 different inquiries ranged from parking on pavements to filling potholes, plus a hard-hitting examination of the Government's proposed Airports National Policy Statement and its recommendation to grant approval for a third runway to be built at Heathrow."

Adjective
  1. 1
    aggressively and persistently persuasive wordnet
  2. 2
    characterized by or full of force and vigor wordnet

Synonyms

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aggressivehigh-pressuretrenchantvigorous

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"Her hard-hitting journalism exposed the flaws in the politician's positions."

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