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What is the adjective for climactic?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb climax which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

climactic
  1. Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest tension.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. climacteric, critical, crucial, decisive, apocalyptic, peak, closing, final, ultimate, central, culminating, dramatic, exciting, gripping, stirring, thrilling, concluding, crowning, deciding, ending, finishing, momentous, paramount, pivotal, supreme, action-packed, apocalyptical … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The variations increase in complexity towards a climactic restatement of the starkly modal theme.”
      “Such climactic scenes are methodically constructed through the unfolding of otherwise uneventful plots.”
      “Epitomizing Sokurov's ambivalence, the narrator scoffs at the film's climactic ballroom dance yet expresses regret at having to leave.”
climaxless
  1. Without a climax.
climaxed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of climax
  2. Synonyms:
      3. completed, closed, closed out, concluded, ended, finished, terminated, topped, brought to a close, culminated, capped, rounded off, crowned, come to a head, topped off, wound up, capped off, put the finishing touch to, peaked, settled, finished off, led up to, come to a crescendo, built up to, come to a climax, reached a finale, came to a head, fulfilled, perfected, terminated with, finished with, reached a pinnacle, ended with, concluded with, put the lid on, put the tin lid on, put the finishing touches to, closed with, hit high spot, put finishing touch on, ended up, came to a crescendo, came to a climax, consummated, ceased, stopped, risen to crescendo, added the finishing touch to, reached a peak, wrapped up … more
climaxing
  1. present participle of climax
  2. Synonyms:
      3. concluding, finishing, culminating, terminating, crowning, capping, ending, peaking, capping off, coming to a climax, coming to a head, rising to crescendo, coming to a crescendo, reaching a peak, reaching a pinnacle, reaching the zenith, hitting high spot, closing, rounding off, completing, topping off, bringing to a close, winding up, settling, leading up to, closing out, building up to, reaching a finale, finishing off, topping, fulfilling, perfecting, ending up, ending with, closing with, concluding with, finishing with, terminating with, putting the finishing touch to, ceasing, stopping, putting the finishing touches to, putting the lid on, topping it off, consummating, wrapping up, bringing to an end, coming to an end, rounding out, drawing to a close … more
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