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climax
noun
verb
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- C
- Ends with
- X
- Contains
- LIMA
- Scrabble score
- 17
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
noun
the decisive moment in a novel or play
“the deathbed scene is the climax of the play”
noun
arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
noun
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
“the climax of the artist's career”
noun
the most severe stage of a disease
verb
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
“The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace”
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the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
the climax of the artist's career
in the flood tide of his success
The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
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