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climax::verb | Spocien Dictionary

climax

/'klaɪmæks/

end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

Type	Words
Synonyms	culminate
Type of	terminate, stop, finish, end, cease
Has types	top, crown

climax::noun | Spocien Dictionary

climax

/'klaɪmæks/

the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

Type	Words
Synonyms	coming, orgasm, sexual climax
Type of	consummation
Has types	male orgasm
Derivation	climactic

climax::noun | Spocien Dictionary

climax

/'klaɪmæks/

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

Type	Words
Synonyms	flood tide
Type of	occasion, juncture
Derivation	climactic

the climax of the artist's career.

climax::noun | Spocien Dictionary

climax

/'klaɪmæks/

the decisive moment in a novel or play

Type	Words
Synonyms	culmination
Type of	moment, minute, second, instant
Derivation	climactic

the deathbed scene is the climax of the play.

climax::noun | Spocien Dictionary

climax

/'klaɪmæks/

arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

Type	Words
Type of	rhetorical device

climax::noun | Spocien Dictionary

climax

/'klaɪmæks/

the most severe stage of a disease

Type	Words
Type of	level, point, stage, degree
Derivation	climactic