climax

  1. Noun.  The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series; a culmination.
  2. Noun.  The turning point in a plot or in dramatic action, especially one marking a change in the protagonist's affairs.
  3. Noun.  A stage of ecological development in which a community of organisms, is stable and capable of perpetuating itself.
  4. Noun.  (slang) An orgasm.
  5. Noun.  (sense, rhetoric) Ordering of terms in increasing order of importance or magnitude.
  6. Noun.  (sense, rhetoric) Anadiplosis.
  7. Verb.  To reach or bring to a climax.

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