decisive action

noun

: an action or actions done quickly and with confidence

In emergency situations, one must be able to take decisive action.

Examples of decisive action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But last weekend’s mayhem, in which thousands descended on the community and more than 400 ended up under arrest, has hit Newport Beach differently, spurring calls for the city leaders to take decisive action. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Entrepreneurs are accustomed to operating businesses where concentrated risk and decisive action are rewarded. — Robert Balentine, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

On Monday, analysts at Bank of America predicted the Fed would increase rates three times this year as policymakers take more decisive action to rein in inflation after five years of seeing it above their 2% target. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 June 2026

Translating the good vibes that have accompanied this management shift into the sort of creative, decisive action that might meaningfully propel this rebuilding project forward, however, is the next step. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 23 June 2026

Rhymes for decisive action

• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction
• contraction
• detraction
• diffraction
• distraction
• exaction
• extraction
• impaction
• inaction
• infraction