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crescendo

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crescendo
Music
a. a gradual increase in loudness or the musical direction or symbol indicating this
b. (as modifier): a crescendo passage


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With a quick jerk, cataleptically, his nose pointed to the zenith, his mouth opened, and a flood of sound poured forth, running swiftly upward in crescendo and slowly falling as it died away.
The din became crescendo, like the roar of an oncoming train.
Don't you think we ought to have a crescendo series, as well?
 
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