noun
1 exciting/important event, point in time, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , dramatic , exciting , explosive , grand , great , powerful , stunning , thrilling
▪ emotional
▪ fitting
▪ inevitable
VERB + CLIMAX
▪ come to , hit ( AmE ), reach
▪
The crisis reached its ~ in the 1970s.
▪ approach , build to , build up to , near , work up to
▪
The story gradually builds to a powerful ~.
▪ bring sth to
▪
The affair was brought to a ~ when the chairman resigned.
▪ form , mark , represent
▪
Yesterday marked the ~ of the celebrations.
CLIMAX + VERB
▪ come
▪
The ~ came at the end of the second act of the play.
PREPOSITION
▪ at the ~
▪
The hero dies at the ~ of the opera.
▪ in a/the ~
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In a dramatic ~, our team lost by one goal.
▪ ~ to
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His promotion was a fitting ~ to a worthy career.
2 highest point of sexual pleasure
ADJECTIVE
▪ sexual
VERB + CLIMAX
▪ achieve , reach
▪
She found it hard to achieve a/reach ~.