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adjective pertaining to or coming to a climax: the climactic scene of a play.
Origin of climactic 1870–75; from climax, perhaps on model of syntax, syntactic
OTHER WORDS FROM climactic cli·mac·ti·cal·ly, adverb non·cli·mac·tic, adjective non·cli·mac·ti·cal, adjective un·cli·mac·tic, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH climactic climactic , climaticWords nearby climactic cliff swallow, cliffy, clift, Clifton, climacteric, climactic , climant, climate, climate canary, climate change, climate control
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Example sentences from the Web for climactic When he chooses to cap a climactic chase seen with yet another baffling fall, we feel cheated.
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Watch the most memorable moments, from his attacks on the GOP to a climactic rallying cry.
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The two figures relate to the same object, but the second is climactic to the first, and it is taken from a larger field.
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The climactic character of their contents has already been pointed out, and nothing more need be said of it.
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"The Pipes of Lucknow" is dramatic in its intense grasp of a climactic hour and loses none of its force in the expression.
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And a climactic treasure hunt among the subterranean Martian labyrinths.
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The fact that a plot is a problem gives the several events their climactic value.
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British Dictionary definitions for climactic climactic climactical (klaɪˈmæktɪkə l )
adjective consisting of, involving, or causing a climax
Derived forms of climactic climactically , adverb undefined climactic See climate
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