CLIMAX
Scrabble letter values: C3L1I1M3A1X8 = 17
Definition
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage. — synonyms: culminate
- noun the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding. — synonyms: flood_tide
- noun the decisive moment in a novel or play. — synonyms: culmination
- noun the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse. — synonyms: orgasm, sexual_climax, coming
- noun the most severe stage of a disease.
- noun arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness.
Examples
- “The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace”
- “the climax of the artist's career”
- “in the flood tide of his success”