climaxnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈklaɪ.mæks/us/ˈklaɪ.mæks/the most important or exciting point in a story or situation, especially when this happens near the end:
The climax of the air show was a daring flying display.
The election campaign reaches its climax next week.
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anticlimax
the highest point of sexual pleasure
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Higher and lower points of achievement
- apex
- apogee
- capstone
- consummation
- fruition
- height
- heyday
- high point
- high water mark
- Indian summer
- nadir
- peak
- pinnacle
- plumb
- plumb the depths idiom
- rock bottom
- trough
- vertex
- zenith
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Turning points & deciding moments
climactic
adjective uk/klaɪˈmæk.tɪk/us/klaɪˈmæk.tɪk/
The third movement of the symphony ends in a climactic crescendo (= has a loud and exciting ending).
climaxverb [ I ]
uk/ˈklaɪ.mæks/us/ˈklaɪ.mæks/to reach the most important or exciting part:
The show climaxed with all the performers singing on stage together.
The Olympics climaxed in a spectacular closing ceremony.
to reach the highest point of sexual pleasure
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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- attain
- bear
- go places idiom
- go the whole hog idiom
- grade
- groove
- have the last laugh idiom
- have your/its moments idiom
- kill
- rise
- somewhere
- stand out
- streak ahead
- succeed
- sunset
- take hold idiom
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