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1. leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
2. imperious or dictatorial. 3. positive or assertive in speech, tone, manner, etc. 4. Law. a. that precludes or does not admit of debate, question, etc.: a peremptory edict. b. decisive or final. c. in which a command is absolute and unconditional: a peremptory writ. The person was such a shame to the town that the mayor told him in a peremptory tone that he had to leave and never come back.
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