climaxes

Noun

• the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
• the decisive moment in a novel or play
• the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
• the most severe stage of a disease
• arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
• plural of climax

Verb

• end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
• third-person singular simple present indicative of climax

Synonyms

climax, coming, culminate, culmination, flood tide, orgasm, sexual climax