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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lynchpin
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ James in particular, the man earmarked as the lynchpin in the tactical plan, was not living up to expectations.
▪ Regular brushing is the lynchpin of all good dental hygiene.
▪ The dollar was the lynchpin of the Bretton Woods system.
▪ The first of these is the lynchpin of the argument.
▪ You blag a meeting with the band's lynchpin, organist Clint Boon.
Wiktionary
lynchpin

alt. 1 a pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle, so as to secure a wheel 2 (context figuratively English) a central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation. n. 1 a pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle, so as to secure a wheel 2 (context figuratively English) a central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.

WordNet
lynchpin

  1. n. a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin]

  2. pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on [syn: linchpin]

Usage examples of "lynchpin".

A target that seems to be the lynchpin holding two otherwise unfriendly armies together.

Serena believed that their coveted knowledge might be the lynchpin on which ultimate victory against the Synchronized Worlds would hang.

Quin was the lynchpin of the scheme that was increasingly obsessing him, it had prevented him from taking any sleep himself, it had made him impatient of Quin’s rest and impatient during his first conversation with the man, so much so that Ethan Clark had intruded upon their conversation and eventually commandeered it.