climactic
pronunciation
How to pronounce climactic in British English:
UK [klaɪˈmæktɪk]
How to pronounce climactic in American English:
US [klaɪˈmæktɪk]
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- Adjective:
- consisting of or causing a climax
Word Origin
- climactic (adj.)
- "pertaining to a climax," 1832, from climax, apparently on the analogy of syntax/syntactic. Related: Climactical.
Example
- 1. He walked out at a climactic moment in the film .
- 2. The vineyards of antica quercia are located on twelve hills embraced by austere mountains , a unique microcosm for its climactic and organic characteristics .
- 3. We whomped our arch rival in the season climactic football game .
- 4. Not just the lovely score by alexandre desplat , but the throbbing and soaring passages from beethoven 's seventh symphony that punctuate the movie 's climactic speech .
- 5. But it is harry potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with lord voldemort .