crescendo
Day 45Level 1kruh-SHEHN-doh
a steady increase
a steady increase in force or intensity
Part of Speech: verb
Synonyms:
rise, ascension
Antonyms:
fall, decline
Example Sentence:
The growing tension between the government and the manufacturing firm reached a crescendo, when government refused to allot the land to the firm.
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