---

• a  relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
  instrumental compositions
  an instrumental ensemble
• s  serving or acting as a means or aid
  instrumental in solving the crime

• That was instrumental in bringing the Soviet Union to the conference table for multilateral disarmament talks.
• Meeker was also instrumental in Broadcast.
• There's instrumental virtuosity and a songwriting range that spans regions and decades.

• implemental
• subservient

• vocal

News & Articles

---

• Hospital helps orchestrate school shooting drill
  Thibodaux Regional Medical Center was instrumental in orchestrating a mock school shooting that served as a training drill for agencies across Lafourche Parish, the hospital’s spokeswoman said.
  June 14, 2013 - The Houma Courier
• COLLEGE ATHLETIC SIGNING: The next level
  A family connection was instrumental in helping Fairfield High School volleyball standout Raina Troyer when it came time to make her decision on where she was going to continue playing the sport at the collegiate level.
  June 14, 2013 - Goshen News
• Telephone data instrumental to prevent attacks: FBI director
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The data in a massive U.S. government database of daily telephone records has been instrumental in identifying people who sought to harm Americans, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Thursday. Speaking to members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Mueller defended the recently revealed surveillance program as collecting "no content whatsoever ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

---

• Lofa Tatupu in USA Today
  Everybody has been instrumental in everything that I've been able to do,Tatupu said. "The D-line has been enabling me to get sacks, DBs staying on their guys so we can get back there and get sacks, or getting interceptions."
• President Bush in Bloomberg
  What we do know is the Qods force is instrumental in providing these deadly IEDs to networks inside of Iraq,Bush said today at the White House. "What we don't know is whether or not the head leaders of Iran ordered the Qods force to do...
• Brian France in al.com (blog)
  The NASCAR community is saddened by the passing of Raymond Parks,NASCAR Chairman Brian France said in a statement. "Raymond was instrumental in the creation of NASCAR as a participant in the historic meeting at the Streamline Hotel in...