decisive action

Antonyms

deliberation drowsiness heaviness somnolence torpidity

Examples

The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action. H. G. Wells

Direct threats require decisive action. Dick Cheney

I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action. Graham Nash

Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act. Roger Wicker

The Obama administration took rapid and decisive action to restructure GM and Chrysler. Within a fairly short period of time these companies were working effectively again. Austin Ligon

To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and Americas long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill. Joe Baca

Words in the phrase

decisive action

Close letter words and terms

decisionmaking decisions written by courts decisive decisive attempt decisive character decisive criterion