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| NOUN | 1 | climax, flood tide | The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding |
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| 2 | climax, culmination | The decisive moment in a novel or play | |
| 3 | climax, orgasm, sexual climax, coming | The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | |
| 4 | climax | The most severe stage of a disease | |
| 5 | climax | Arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness | |
| VERB | 1 | climax, culminate | End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage |
| Sounds | klay'mae.ks |
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| Meaning | The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding. |
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| Examples | "the climax of the artist's career" |
| Synonyms | flood tide |
| Broader | juncture, occasion |
| Adjectives | climactic |
| Verbs | climax |
| Meaning | The decisive moment in a novel or play. |
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| Examples | "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" |
| Synonyms | culmination |
| Part of | story |
| Broader | moment, minute, second, instant |
| Adjectives | climactic |
| Verbs | climax |
| Meaning | The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse. |
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| Synonyms | orgasm, sexual climax, coming |
| Broader | consummation |
| Narrower | male orgasm |
| Adjectives | climactic |
| Meaning | The most severe stage of a disease. |
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| Broader | degree, level, stage, point |
| Adjectives | climactic |
| Meaning | Arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness. |
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| Broader | rhetorical device |
| Meaning | End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Synonyms | culminate |
| Broader | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease |
| Narrower | crown, top |
| Nouns | climax; climax |
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