The fall of the Berlin Wall was really an epochal event.
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Epochal
/[ˈɛ.pək.əl]/
Synonyms for "epochal" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (24)
Noun(4 words)
epoch defining momentera of scientific upheavalhistoric watershed momenthistorical achievement
Adjective(17 words)
epoch-makingglorious revolution periodgroundbreakinghistorichistoric developmenthistoric erahistoric expansionhistoric leaderhistoric political changehistoric technological upheavalhistoric treatyhistoricalhistorical erahistorical milestonehistorical process changehistorical termshistorical trends
Related words (41)
importantintermittentisochronalmeasuredmetronomicmomentousoscillatoryperiodicperiodicalpulsingreciprocalrecurrentrecurringrhythmicrhythmicalrotaryseasonalserialsteadyundulant
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Adjective(9 words)
landmark eventmedical paradigm shiftmomentousmonumentalmonumental sculptureradicalrevolutionary grouproman empire timelineturning point in science
Noun(7 words)
millennialmore cultural-revolutionarymore revolutionaryrevolutionarily dramaticrevolutionary eraturning point eraworld history period
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2 entriessignificancetemporal property
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4 entriesepochal changeepochal eventgeologic epoch boundaryhistorical era boundary
Collocations
4 entriesepochal changeepochal discoveryepochal eventepochal moment
Inflections
2 entriesmore epochalmost epochal
Derivations
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2 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
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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