go-no-go

adjective

Definition of go-no-gonext
as in make-or-break

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go-no-go
  1. make-or-break
  2. climactic
  3. crucial
  4. apocalyptic
  5. climacteric
Adjective
  • These aren’t academic questions — they’re make-or-break considerations for investment decisions, whether measured in hundreds of thousands or billions of dollars.
    — Rob Day, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Is this a make-or-break draft for JS, especially if the line doesn’t improve?
    — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of make-or-break
Adjective
  • Kilmer played up all of those traits in the film’s climactic scene, an intimate man-to-man duel with the gunfighter Johnny Ringo (a devilish Michael Biehn), that stands as arguably the best gun battle of the modern Western era — even if only two shots were fired.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
  • That way the crew could pull the whole thing down in the climactic scene with the help of an elaborate network of conveyor belts, hydraulic lifts, airblowers, and vacuum hoses.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of climactic
Adjective
  • Mapping Ukraine's crucial raw mineral deposits With more than 5% of the world's total mineral resources, Ukraine is a top 10 global provider because of its diverse geological zones, according to the World Economic Forum.
    — Reuters and Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The Key To Talking About Tariffs is Transparency During any business disruption or crisis, transparent communication is crucial for maintaining customer trust.
    — Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Definition of crucial
Adjective
  • The couple held apocalyptic religious beliefs that prosecutors claimed were used to justify the killings of Tylee, JJ and Daybell's first wife, Tammy Daybell.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Oh, and all of the action is taking place in a manufactured community...an enormous bunker inside a Colorado mountain used to protect thousands from an apocalyptic natural disaster made worse by nuclear panic.
    — EW Staff, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of apocalyptic
Adjective
  • For this reader, roughly the same age as Sam Raymond, there is uncommon pleasure in the paradoxes of this climacteric tale.
    — Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
  • Macerating unripe climacteric fruit in sugar, however, isn’t a substitute for ripening them; that just takes time in your kitchen counter’s fruit basket.
    — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 8 May 2017
Definition of climacteric
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“Go-no-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go-no-go. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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