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climax

noun
  1. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
    coming
  2. the decisive moment in a novel or play
    “the deathbed scene is the climax of the play”
    culmination
  3. arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
  4. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
    “the climax of the artist's career”
    flood tide
  5. the most severe stage of a disease
verb
  1. to end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
    “The plot climaxed with a ten minute long action sequence.”
    culminate