climactic
pertaining to or coming to a climax: the climactic scene of a play.
Origin of climactic
1- Also cli·mac·ti·cal .
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 , climatic
Words Nearby climactic
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How to use climactic in a sentence
Shooting for something magicalIn a nod to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, the performance was to be punctuated at its two most climactic moments by the firing of a small, antique cannon.
Revisiting ‘The Visitors’: An oral history of Ragnar Kjartansson’s multimedia masterpiece | Sebastian Smee, Gabriel Florit, Joanne Lee | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostIt was an invitation to release and an official closing of such a climactic experience.
These interconnected shows, along with future stories, will excite new audiences, embrace our most passionate fans, and will culminate in a climactic story event.
Disney+ drops Andor teaser, announces gazillion other Star Wars projects | Jennifer Ouellette | December 11, 2020 | Ars TechnicaAn authoritarian who is also, unsurprisingly, a run-first play-caller, Kilmer is ultimately thrown off the team by the players and is not on the sideline for West Canaan High School’s climactic win.
All in all, Saturday night’s pay-per-view proceedings were a smashing success despite the final result, an anti-climactic draw in front of a nearly empty Staples Center amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
In an entertaining spectacle, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. battle to a draw in Los Angeles | Gene Wang | November 29, 2020 | Washington Post
When he chooses to cap a climactic chase seen with yet another baffling fall, we feel cheated.
An anti-climactic end is not the World Cup storyline that English fans anticipated.
England Eliminated From World Cup 2014: The ‘Years of Hurt’ Continue | Tim Teeman | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was an anti-climactic interlude in a trial that has had many moments of drama.
A new study from France says some women experience climactic pleasure during labor.
At a climactic moment in the scene, Wilson realizes his cousin Ruggles is of mixed race.
The Devil and Woodrow Wilson: An Interview With Joyce Carol Oates | Jane Ciabattari | March 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is striking just now to notice the double key-note of that closing climactic book of this old Bible.
Quiet Talks with World Winners | S. D. GordonAnd a climactic treasure hunt among the subterranean Martian labyrinths.
The Mating of the Moons | Kenneth O'HaraMaybe the fourth or the eighth step will be "climactic" steps, especially arranged to make a climax in the dance and win applause.
The Art of Stage Dancing | Ned WayburnSo we put a climactic "trick" step in for a finish, and then we top that with the exit, and the exit must be a surprise.
The Art of Stage Dancing | Ned WayburnThe subjective is in order to the objective, as the final outward climactic reach of God's great love-plan for a world.
Quiet Talks on Prayer | S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
British Dictionary definitions for climactic
climactical (klaɪˈmæktɪkəl)
/ (klaɪˈmæktɪk) /
consisting of, involving, or causing a climax
climactic
Derived forms of climactic
- climactically, adverb
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