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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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Her arms and splayed fingers flittering, she moved to a haunting score by Etienne Schwarcz that veered from crescendoing violins to serene village sounds. In a society beset with crescendoing paranoia over electronic surveillance (a 12-letter word for "spying"), one shudders to think how so invasive an approach to underwriting would likely play out. This flexibility allowed Farmland to educate by conveying softer messages throughout the year, then crescendoing to effect intense, hard-hitting communications when Congress was ready to act. |
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