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climax

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Noun

  1. A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
  2. An instance of such an ascending series.
  3. The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
  4. A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly
  5. A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series: The final term of a rhetorical climax.
  6. A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series: The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
  7. A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series: The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.

Verb

  1. To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
  2. To form the climax to; to be the climax of.

Proper noun

  1. A village in the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  2. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and mining location in Lake County, Colorado.
  3. A number of places in the United States: A small town in Decatur County, Georgia.
  4. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Greenwood County, Kansas.
  5. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
  6. A number of places in the United States: A village and township in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
  7. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Polk County, Minnesota.
  8. A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in Greene County, New York.
  9. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Guilford County and Randolph County, North Carolina.
  10. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio.
  11. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon.
  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
  13. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
  14. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

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