climactic
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tɪk adjective
pertaining to or coming to a climax: the climactic scene of a play.
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climactic or climactical (klaɪˈmæktɪk, klaɪˈmæktɪkəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| consisting of, involving, or causing a climax | |
| climactical or climactical | |
| —adj | |
| cli'mactically or climactical | |
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Climactic
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
climactic
1872, from climax, apparently on the analogy of syntax/syntactic.
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Example sentences
One who does miss it is the country's president, unwilling to forgo a climactic moment in his favorite television program.
At a certain point, great size becomes the reason why these species cannot adapt to a major climactic change.
Two mean white rednecks ring in the climactic cliché.
But despite plenty of smoke and fire, the big liftoff never arrives, and the climactic dance-contest sequence is a botched fizzle.
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