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climactic
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cli·mac·tic  (kl-mktk) also cli·mac·ti·cal (-t-kl)
adj.
Relating to or constituting a climax.
cli·macti·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.climactic - consisting of or causing a climax; "a climactic development"
anticlimactic - coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot; "everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic"
climactic
adjective crucial, central, critical, peak, decisive, paramount, pivotal
USAGE Climatic is sometimes wrongly used where climactic is meant. Climatic should be used to talk about things relating to climate; climactic is used to describe something which forms a climax: the climactic moment of the Revolution.
Translations
climactic [klaɪˈmæktɪk] adj → culminante
climactic [klaɪˈmæktɪk] adj → à son point culminant, culminant(e)
climactic [klaɪˈmæktɪk] adj climactic point → Höhepunkt m
climactic [klaɪˈmæktɪk] adj → culminante
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As was true from wilderness days on, God "tabernacles" among mortals--just as John's Gospel would remind us he did climactically in Jesus Christ (1:14).
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