I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A parade through the streets marks the climax of the festival.
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The opera reaches its climax with Violetta's death in the third act.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Eliot has been careful to avoid any sort of sentimental religiosity, and this strengthens greatly the play's climax .
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The tabernacle represents the completion and climax of God's redemption of his people.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And both of course climaxed a return to form by winning their respective championships last season.
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Burt Reynolds was just right but, as he climaxed, he called out for his wife.
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It had been a day of rare pleasure for Harry, climaxed by lunch with Heather at the villa.
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The crescendo of firearms climaxed when a 20-year - old man accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend.
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Then came June and the steep climb in the number of cases that climaxed in August or September.
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To that end it employed a mixture of bribery, smear and downright deceit, climaxing in a crescendo of scaremongering hysteria.