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Definition of "masterstroke" []

  • An achievement or action revealing consummate skill or mastery: a masterstroke of diplomacy. See Synonyms at feat1. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "masterstroke" in a sentence
  • "The other casting masterstroke is Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka."
  • "The impact he has will be immediate and represents something of a short-term masterstroke by the club's American owners in terms of cementing their own popularity."
  • "His masterstroke was a proclamation by letter of his abhorrence of the fugitive slave law."
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