“climax”

Definitions

• noun

  the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding

  Synonyms: flood tide, acme, adultery, all, apex, aphrodisia, apogee, apoplexy, ass, balling, breakup, brow

  • Example:“the climax of the artist's career”
  • Example:“in the flood tide of his success”

• noun

  the decisive moment in a novel or play

  Synonyms: culmination

  • Example:“The deathbed scene is the climax of the play.”

• noun

  the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

  Synonyms: orgasm, sexual climax, coming

• noun

  the most severe stage of a disease

• noun

  arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

• verb

  end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

  Synonyms: culminate

  • Example:“The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace.”