climax
noun
- 1
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
- 2
the decisive moment in a novel or play
the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
- 3
arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
- 4
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
the climax of the artist's career
in the flood tide of his success
- 5
the most severe stage of a disease
verb
- 1
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
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