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English to English noun
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the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding |  | Example: the climax of the artist's career
in the flood tide of his success
source: wordnet30
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the decisive moment in a novel or play | | Example: the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
source: wordnet30
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the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | | source: wordnet30
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the most severe stage of a disease | | source: wordnet30
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arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness | | source: wordnet30
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Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. | | source: webster1913 verb
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end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage | | Example: The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
source: wordnet30
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