Climactic

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  • adjective. Relating to or constituting a climax.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a climax; ascending or leading to a climax.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest tension.
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  • adjective. consisting of or causing a climax
  • Word Usage
    "TRINCOMALEE Sri Lanka Just north of here, after a string of recent victories, the Sri Lankan military is closing in on separatist rebels in what it calls the climactic battles of the countrys long-running civil war."