dramatic event

collocation in English

meaningsofdramaticandevent

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dramatic
adjective
uk
/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us
/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofdramaticandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Of course, a spectacle is an object intended to be seen, but it is also adramaticevent, a theatrical mise-en-scene that demands an audience.
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The deposit dates to the mid- to late sixth century and appears to have been the result of a single,dramaticevent.
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Both the actors and spectators need to feel able to allow their spiritual selves to mingle with thedramaticevent.
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Most remarkably of all, he eliminated evidence of the mostdramaticeventthat had ever occurred to the site.
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Still, one is always aware that the entrance or exit of characters is adramaticeventto be marked by the music.
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That was a rare anddramaticevent, and one that we would expect to happen only once every 120 to 300 years.
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The removal of an auditor is a verydramaticevent.
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It takes adramaticeventto start anything happening.
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Obviously, it must be accepted at some stage, and it must be accepted now, that there will be a tunnel barring somedramaticevent.
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It was adramaticeventthat figured prominently in the media, and it highlighted institutional and political malfunctions.
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We are all the time looking for ways of finding money to alleviate the situation of people faced with thedramaticeventof unemployment suddenly coming into their lives.
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The mostdramaticeventof its history occurred in 1548, when the village was almost entirely destroyed by an accidental fire.
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For example, if a security camera mounted in a lobby, recording 24 hours a day, captured adramaticevent, the video could be uncopyrighted.
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Thisdramaticeventwas a shock for the party and led it into a decline which seemed irreversible.
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First, the harmony of daily life is broken by a particularly interesting ordramaticeventthat leads into the main story.
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Thedramaticeventtook the lives of many of his childhood friends and destroyed 83% of the inner city.
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Whilst adramaticevent, the area that disappeared was far smaller than the total area of ice shelf that remains.
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In the hands of the best exponents, the dialogue between the singer and the tabla player often turns adramaticevent.
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First, typically the harmony of daily life is broken by a particularlydramaticeventthat leads into the main story.
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Intentions driven by habit can be interrupted, often by unforeseen or relatively dramatic events, causing the agent to deliberate and perhaps adopt another intention.
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