Added 9 October 2026
climactic
/ˌklaɪˈmæk.tɪk/ adjective
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Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest excitement.
The race ended in a climactic, neck-and-neck scramble for the finish line.
Origin
From climax + -ic on analogy of syntactic.
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