Anticlimactic and Climacteric

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Anticlimactic adjective - Coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot.

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Climacteric is an antonym for anticlimactic.

Climacteric adjective - Of, relating to, or being a major turning point.

Usage example: as the war reached its climacteric phase, the atrocities dramatically increased, both in number and brutality

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Anticlimactic is an antonym for climacteric.

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