climax

Noun
  1. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (synset 107431643)
    "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
    is a type of: juncture, occasion - an event that occurs at a critical time
    same as: flood tide
  2. The decisive moment in a novel or play (synset 106385370)
    "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
    is a type of: instant, minute, moment, second - a particular point in time
    is a part of: story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
    same as: culmination
  3. The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse (synset 100062953)
    is a type of: consummation - the act of bringing to completion or fruition
    subtypes: male orgasm - an orgasm accompanied by the sensation of ejaculation of semen
    same as: coming, orgasm, sexual climax
  4. The most severe stage of a disease (synset 114592097)
    is a type of: degree, level, point, stage - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
  5. Arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness (synset 107117039)
    is a type of: rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Verb
  1. End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage (synset 200486540)
    "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
    is a type of: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
    subtypes: crown, top - be the culminating event
    same as: culminate

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