crescendo
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- n (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- v grow louder
The music crescendoes here - s gradually increasing in volume
- Then a rousing call to action (crescendo .
- As bad news continues to build around the housing market, you would expect that "housing bubble" searches would be nearing a crescendo.
- Starting with that first letter, she has orchestrated a sustained dramatic crescendo unlike anything literature has ever seen.