n
(physiology, medicine) A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.
n
(medicine) Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness.
adj
Occurring at the end of life.
n
(literary criticism) A dialog or plot event that causes a character to reveal his or her beliefs and motivations.
n
Alternative spelling of anticlimax [(narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.]
n
(narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
n
(figuratively) Anything that indicates future trends.
n
A sudden, violent event.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest excitement.
n
(obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
n
(figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
n
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
n
(medicine, colloquial) Short for critical care. [(medicine) Intensive care.]
adj
Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
n
(medicine) Intensive care.
n
(medicine, archaic) A critical discharge or evacuation.
n
A crisis or turning point; A situation that changes how the future will unfold.
adj
Of or pertaining to an elevation.
n
(idiomatic) Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.
n
The belief that something of significant scope and duration, particularly something negative, is coming to an end.
n
(by extension) A point of no return.
adj
Ending, terminating, dying.
n
The expression or countenance that seems to an onlooker to be represented by the appearance of a person or animals's face, resulting from specific use of that person's facial muscles.
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(literature, drama) The events of a drama after the climax (or crisis) but before the denouement (or resolution).
n
A memory of a significant and extremely emotional moment or event.
n
(sociology) A singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well-being of a community or large group of people.
adj
Of or pertaining to intrusion.
n
The final remarks uttered by a person before death.
n
The later part of life, terminating in death.
adj
Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
n
(theater) A brief pause during the delivery of a speech in a play, to make the speaking seem more natural.
n
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
n
(figuratively) A climactic situation where things go wrong or become dangerous; a crisis or meltdown.
n
(emergency medicine) The rapid assessment of a patient's condition during an emergency response.
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Alternative form of outdoor voice [A loud voice used when one wants to be heard over noise or from a distance, or be assertive or emphatic.]
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(psychoanalysis) A turning point in psychosocial development.
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(archaic) The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.
n
A part of a book or play in which more things start to happen. The rising action leads to the climax.
adv
Pertaining to, concerning, or regarding sights or things seen.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a threshold; liminal.
n
(sociology) A point in time when a group rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice.
n
The unconscious mind; intuition.
adj
Which causes, or is indicative of causing, the end of the world.
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