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climaxesnounpl. of climax a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occursthe climax of the story occurs when the hero discovers the identity of his father climacterics, corners, landmarks, mileposts, milestones, turning points, watersheds breaks, cappers, clinchers, crushers, highlights, toppersconversions, metamorphoses, transfigurations, transformations, turnabouts, turnaroundsboiling points, breaking points, clutches, conjunctures, crises, crossroads, crunches, crunch times, Dunkirks, emergencies, exigencies, extremities, flash points, heads, junctures, zero hours the highest part or pointthe climax of her career as a performer acmes, apexes(or apices), apogees, capstones, crescendos(also crescendoes or crescendi), crests, crowns, culminations, heads, heights, high noons, high-water marks, meridians, ne plus ultras, noons, noontimes, peaks, pinnacles, summits, sums, tip-tops, tops, zeniths blooms, blossoms, flood tides, flowers, glories, heydays, primescaps, ceilings, roofsextremes, extremities, tips, vertices(also vertexes)highlights, highs, highspots bottoms, nadirs, rock bottoms abysses, bases, feet(also foot)minima(or minimums) climaxesverbpresent tense third-person singular of climaxto bring to a triumphant conclusionorganizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest caps (off), crowns, culminates completes, concludes, finishes, rounds (off or out), terminates, wraps up |