catharsis
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Full of sorrow and restraint, the opening verses are entombed by muffled synths before Liene explodes into an operatic wail of catharsis in the dying moments.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
In the case of “Brigadoon,” Lerner and Loewe composed a musical that recognized the global scar of World War II, and in its insistence that love transcended loss, gave people the catharsis they needed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
The great tragedies permit catharsis, and their ruinous endings are part of that process.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Mr. Krivak captures the terror and tenderness of their ordeal, and he builds to an ending of exceptional catharsis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Adams had expressed his feisty and passionate objections to the Jeffersonian constructions in one last catharsis.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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