Climactic and Former

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

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Former and climactic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Former" instead an adjective "Climactic".

Former adjective - Having been such at some previous time.

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Climactic and former are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Climactic" instead an adjective "Former".

Nearby Word: formerly

During his climactic fight against Kirei, Kiritsugu dual-wields his Calico and Contender until he runs out of ammo for the former.

Source: Light Novel / Fate/Zero
In the season one finale of Gotham, the climactic showdown between the Penguin and Fish Mooney ends with the former pushing the latter off a rooftop and into the waters below.

Source: Disney Villain Death
In Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, the villain Professor Moriarty is briefly described as a former boxing champion, during the climactic fight scene against Holmes' hybrid-bartitsu-esque style.

Source: Boxing Battler

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