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climax   (TTS Sound)

The noun climax has 5 senses

• climax, flood tide -- (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")


• climax, culmination -- (the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play")


• orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming -- (the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)


• climax -- (the most severe stage of a disease)


• climax -- (arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness)

The verb climax has 1 sense

• culminate, climax -- (end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace")