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Preliminaries Leading To A Climax Crossword Clue

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verb

• enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages

• form or accumulate steadily

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• bolster or strengthen

• change the use of and make available or usable

58%7Preliminaries leading to a climax
noun

• the act of building up an accumulation

• the result of the process of accumulation

• highly favorable publicity and praise

34%7 Judging preliminaries
noun

• written matter preceding the main text of a book

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