crescendoed
Built to peak
Crescendoed is the past tense of crescendo, meaning to build gradually in volume or intensity.
The word comes from music, where a crescendo is a passage that grows progressively louder: The orchestra crescendoed toward the finale.
It extends to any mounting buildup: Protests crescendoed throughout the summer.
Some consider the verb form nonstandard, preferring "reached a crescendo."
Reached the peak
- swelledIncreased in volume
- peakedReached the summit
- builtConstructed or assembled
- intensifiedMade more extreme
fortissimo · orchestral · symphonic · conducted · dynamics · louder · amplified · thundered
Reached the summit
- climaxedReached the peak
- intensifiedMade more extreme
- heightenedIncreased in degree
- mountedFixed in position
surged · escalated · amplified · building · tension · drama · passion · excitement
climaxed
Reached the peak
intensified · fortissimo · orchestral · symphonic · conducted · dynamics · louder · amplified · thundered · roared
peaked
Reached the summit
- climaxedReached the peak
- intensifiedMade more extreme
- heightenedIncreased in degree
mounted · surged · escalated · amplified · building · tension · drama · passion · excitement · fervor
built
Constructed or assembled
mounted · tension · suspense · drama · culminated · intensified · rising · action · plot · storyline
crescendoeddecrescendoed
Became progressively quieter
died down · died away · quieted · softened · diminished
crescendoedwound down
Gradually reduced activity
de-escalated · petered out · dwindled · abated · waned
crescendo, crescendoing, crescendoes, crescendos, decrescendo, decrescendos