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."