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climactic | acme |

As an adjective climactic

is of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest tension.

As a proper noun acme is

a village in alberta, canada.

climactic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest tension.
  • * The race ended in a climactic , neck-and-neck scramble for the finish line.

    • Related terms

    * anticlimactic

    Usage notes

    Do not confuse with climatic, which relates to climate.

    acme

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.
  • * (rfdate), (Alexander Pope)
    • The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.
  • * (rfdate),
    • The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy.
  • (medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
  • Mature age; full bloom of life.
    • (Ben Jonson)

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