The fall of the Berlin Wall was really an epochal event.
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Epochal
/[ˈɛ.pək.əl]/
Synonyms for "epochal" (36 found)
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7 translations across 4 languages.
German
1 entries- epochal adj (highly important)
Italian
1 entries- epocale adj (of or pertaining to an epoch)
Polish
3 entries- epokowy adj (of or pertaining to an epoch)
- epokowy adj (highly important)
- przełomowy adj (highly important)
Romanian
2 entries- epocal adj (of or pertaining to an epoch)
- epocal adj (highly important)
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Pope Francis has told the world's oil executives that a transition to less-polluting energy sources "is a challenge of epochal proportions."
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When the first planets outside our Solar System were discovered recently, it was an epochal event.
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But they were the great epochal design; their influence on locomotive development is felt to this day and their niche in railway history is secure.
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