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

This tension slows decision-making to a crawl, unless leaders understand that without decisive action, the business might be at risk of becoming obsolete in the near future. —Alex Brueckmann, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

None of these programs are in America's interest, which is why the President is taking decisive action to put America and Americans first. —Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

Fulfilling this veteran’s last wish has morphed into a fraught and perhaps even dangerous quest — one that could be fully transformed by decisive action from the governments involved. —Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025

In a state particularly at risk from disasters, the political system has not always been well-suited to taking decisive action given resistance from regulators and residents who can be reluctant to adopt changes that can remake the look of their communities. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for decisive action

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