What is the meaning of trenchant?

Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect.
- usage: "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
- synonyms: searching
Characterized by or full of force and vigor.
- usage: "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument"
- synonyms: hard-hitting
Clearly or sharply defined to the mind.
- usage: "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct... Intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"
- synonyms: clear-cut, distinct

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