DRAMATIC EVENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dramatic event mean? 

• DRAMATIC EVENT (noun)
  The noun DRAMATIC EVENT has 1 sense:

1. an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

  Familiarity information: DRAMATIC EVENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAMATIC EVENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

drama; dramatic event

Hypernyms ("dramatic event" is a kind of...):

episode (a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dramatic event"):

night terror (an emotional episode (usually in young children) in which the person awakens in terror with feelings of anxiety and fear but is unable to remember any incident that might have provoked those feelings)

 Context examples 

Short-lived, or "transient," X-ray sources like ULX-4 are far more rare, so a single dramatic event - like a black hole quickly destroying a small star - might explain the observation.

(NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a Flash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

By the way, dress well for any interview, presentation, speech, or dramatic event you do on or within four days of this full moon February 8-9—the full moon is in Leo, the sign of royalty and elegance.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)