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Adjective: mission-critical  ,mi-shun'kri-ti-kul
  1. Essential to the successful operation or completion of an organization, project, or specific mission
    "The company's servers were mission-critical and required constant monitoring"; "The astronauts' oxygen supply was mission-critical for their lunar expedition"

Encyclopedia: Mission-critical