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CLIMAX

Definition:

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

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• crown, top
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