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climax
('kl/aI/m/&/ks )

noun (n)

  • the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding(noun.event)
    Example:
    The climax of the artist's career.
    Synonym:
    flood tide
    source: wordnet30
  • the decisive moment in a novel or play(noun.communication)
    Example:
    The deathbed scene is the climax of the play.
    Synonym:
    culmination
    source: wordnet30
  • the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    coming, orgasm, sexual climax
    source: wordnet30
  • the most severe stage of a disease(noun.state)
    source: wordnet30
  • arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    culminate
    source: wordnet30
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