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What does trenchant mean?

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Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
  2. (figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously effective and articulate; severe.
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Neither was his crime to be caught expressing his trenchant views, even though that was a bit stupid.
There are two vocal items, a wordless vocalise with flute and guitar and a trenchant, highly effective group of eight Haiku, a minute each.
A polygamist has to be a good fighter, so accordingly we find that the peacock is armed with trenchant spurs upon the legs.
In doing so, he subjects central tenets of modern economics to trenchant criticism.
Jones provides a trenchant portrayal of a boy in desperate pursuit of his dreams.
What makes his books so popular is that he presents what he does find in a singularly trenchant and forthright manner.

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