Noun

• S: (n) climax, flood tide (the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding) "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
• S: (n) climax, culmination (the decisive moment in a novel or play) "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
• S: (n) orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming (the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)
• S: (n) climax (the most severe stage of a disease)
• S: (n) climax (arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness)

Verb

• S: (v) culminate, climax (end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage) "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"