crescendo
/kɹɪˈʃɛn.doʊ/ noun C2- An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
- A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax. · Their fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo.
Plural crescendos
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For Anne the real excitement began with the dismissal of school and increased therefrom in crescendo until it reached to a crash of positive ecstasy in the concert itself.
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