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• n  the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
  the climax of the artist's career
• n  the decisive moment in a novel or play
  the deathbed scene is the climax of the play
• n  the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
• n  the most severe stage of a disease
• n  arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
• v  end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

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

News & Articles

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• Today in history: June 15, 2013
  In 1913: Ten barrels of Bohemian beer arrived in Happy Camp by pack train the previous Saturday night. The next day everybody in the town was drunk, five or six men and a few boys excepted. As a climax, Will Bellew took five shots at N.B. Baker. Bellow was of unsteady aim and he missed Baker every time.
  June 15, 2013 - The Record Searchlight
• World Cup 2014: Iconic Moments from Past Finals
  The World Cup is exactly one year away. The 2014 finals will begin on June 12 next year, and the sense of anticipation is already beginning to build as qualification groups across the globe begin to reach their climax. Brazil will host the tournament next year, with Sao Paulo hosting the opening game, as Fifa .com confirmed. The World Cup finals are the pinnacle of any player's career, but will ...
  June 12, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• With Man of Steel, You'll Believe a Man Can Fly -- and Is Worth Watching
  Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is a movie event with an actual movie inside, crying to get out. Despite its preposterous self-seriousness, its overblown, CGI'ed-to-death climax and its desperate efforts to depict the destruction of, well, everything on Earth, there's greatness in this r...
  June 12, 2013 - Dallas Observer

Quotes

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• Bill Condon in Hindustan Times
  I'm very excited to get the chance to bring the climax of this saga to life on screen. As fans of the series know, this is a one-of-a-kind book and we're hoping to create an equally unique cinematic experience,Condon said in a statement.
• Lane Kiffin in SportingNews.com
  Anytime that we have a chance to investigate something that can help our team win, were going to do it,Raiders coach Lane Kiffin said. "Obviously Daunte is something that weve been looking into for a little bit. This is kind of the climax...
• Arsene Wenger in ITV.com
  It is always an anti-climax to come from the San Siro to Wigan,the Arsenal boss said. "To go from playing in the Champions League against one of the biggest clubs in the world to one fighting for Premier League survival is always going to...