anticlimax
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In 2017, the Lions and New Zealand shared the series after the deciding third Test finished 15-15, with captain Sam Warburton saying it was "a bit of an anticlimax for the players".
From BBC • May 27, 2025
Indeed, the end even of a great mystery can feel like an anticlimax.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023
But as quickly as the crisis began, it ended abruptly in a type of anticlimax one day later as Prigozhin's forces stopped their march on Moscow, stood down, and agreed to return to their barracks.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2023
But once again, anticlimax reared its ugly head, dousing the enthusiasm one final time.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2023
Yet now that the command was his, the fulfillment of an old and troubled dream, he suffered a hollowness of spirit that had the unmistakable dimension of anticlimax.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing anticlimax
Power Prefix: Anti
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - High School
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