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climax in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
    orgasm  climax  sexual climax  coming 
  2. the decisive moment in a novel or play
    "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
    climax  culmination 
  3. arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
    climax 
  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"
    climax  flood tide 
  5. the most severe stage of a disease
    climax 
verb
  1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
    "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
    culminate  climax 
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