• to blast, to frustrate, to ruin
• to judge in the last resort
• to knock into a cocked hat
• the post is in the gift of the minister
• conclusive, crucial, decisive, definitive, determinant, determinate, determinative, last, operative, peremptory, supreme
• adjudication, arbitrament, award, decision, determination, dispensation, judgement, judgment, resolution, resolve, ruling, say-so, verdict
• acid test, crucial test