conclusive

settling an issue decisively

Roots

  • clud / clus: close, shut, block
  • com-: with, together, complete, or intensified

Other words with the clud / clus root

  • close: to shut or bring together
  • exclude: to shut out or leave out
  • include: to take in as part of a whole
  • occlude: to block or close up
  • preclude: to prevent or make impossible
  • recluse: socially withdrawn person

Conclusive evidence closes the argument; there is no useful door left open.

The fingerprint was conclusive enough to end the debate.

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