CLIMAX

• (noun) the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

  synonyms : coming , orgasm , sexual climax

• (noun) the decisive moment in a novel or play

  "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

  synonyms : culmination

• (noun) arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : flood tide

• (noun) the most severe stage of a disease

• (verb) end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

  "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

  synonyms : culminate

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