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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

trenchant
    adj 1: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in
           thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights";
           "trenchant criticism" [syn: searching, trenchant]
    2: characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting
       expose"; "a trenchant argument" [syn: hard-hitting,
       trenchant]
    3: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence
       of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with
       distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions
       between right and wrong" [syn: clear-cut, distinct,
       trenchant]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Trenchant \Trench"ant\, a. [OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr.
   See Trench, v. t.]
   1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. " Trenchant was
      the blade." --Chaucer.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for trenchant:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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