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Anticlimax :: Anticlimax (n.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect..

Climax :: Climax (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

Intensation :: Intensation (n.) The act or process of intensifying; intensification; climax.

Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity..

Climax :: Climax (v. i.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.

Epiploce :: Epiploce (n.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax..

Increment :: Increment (n.) An amplification without strict climax,.

Stringent :: Stringendo (a.) Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax..

Bathos :: Bathos (n.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax..

Climax :: Climax (v. i.) The highest point; the greatest degree.

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