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CLIMACTIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consisting of or causing a climax

Example:

a climactic development

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

anticlimactic (coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot)

Derivation:

climax (the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)

climax (the decisive moment in a novel or play)

climax (the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding)

climax (the most severe stage of a disease)

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