Definition of "climactic" [cli•mac•tic]

• Relating to or constituting a climax. (adjective)

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• "TRINCOMALEE Sri Lanka Just north of here, after a string of recent victories, the Sri Lankan military is closing in on separatist rebels in what it calls the climactic battles of the countrys long-running civil war."
• "And oddly, since you mention The Crucible: I have a term for certain climactic moments, a "God's Icy Wind" moment."
• "That last scene in the desert w/Tony was the right note to end the series. what occured afterward was post-climactic from a thematic standpoint."