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emphatic

 adjective
     
em‧phat‧ic
1 expressing an opinion, idea etc in a clear, strong way to show its importance:
an emphatic denial
emphatic that
Wilde was emphatic that the event should go ahead.
emphatic about
He was pretty emphatic about me leaving.
2

emphatic win/victory/defeat

a win etc in which one team or player wins by a large amount
—emphatically adverb
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