Meaning & use
Climaxes
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The most intense, decisive, or exciting points in a series of events, especially near the end of a story.
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The novel's plot climaxes in a dramatic courtroom confrontation.
Fireworks displays typically build toward several climaxes before the grand finale.
A note on using this word
From Greek 'klimax,' meaning 'ladder' — the same image of ascending toward a peak underlies both the literary and figurative uses of the word today.
Words with a similar meaning
peaksculminationshigh points
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Words with an opposite meaning
anticlimaxeslulls
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