Climactic
Climactic adjective - Of, relating to, or being a major turning point.
Usage example: the French Revolution is usually regarded as one of the climactic events in modern European history
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Synonyms for Climactic
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Related pairs
- critical and climactic
- critical and decisive
- principal and climactic
- principal and decisive
- conclusive and climactic
- conclusive and decisive
- momentous and climactic
- momentous and decisive
- essential and climactic
- essential and decisive
- vital and climactic
- vital and decisive
- ultimate and climactic
- ultimate and decisive
Both words in one sentence
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The decisive, climactic confrontation between the various factions of the Others?
- Shogun ends just before the decisive, climactic battle that the whole book was building up to.
- Most notably, the strategy adopted by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II turned around a Decisive Battle where their fleet would crush the US one in a single, climactic battle.
Source: Decisive Battle
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