capital
/ˈkæpɪtəl/ adjective C2- Of prime importance.
- Chief (in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation). · London and Paris are capital cities.
- Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death. · capital punishment; capital murder
- Uppercase. · One begins a sentence with a capital letter.
- Used to emphasise greatness or absoluteness. · You're a genius with a capital G!· He's dead with a capital D!
- Of or relating to the head.
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I have some smuggled coffee and most capital tobacco, in a small chest in the hold, which you shall have tomorrow.
In a fit of anger, however, caused by some robberies which had been perpetrated in the house, he beat his native butler to death and narrowly escaped a capital sentence.
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“Ah, yes,” continued Caderousse, “and capital offers, too; but you know, you will be captain, and who could refuse you then?”
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