CLIMAX

Definition of CLIMAX

  1. (noun)the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
  2. (noun)the decisive moment in a novel or play
  3. (noun)the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
  4. (noun)the most severe stage of a disease
  5. (noun)arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
  6. (verb)end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage