climax
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1. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | consummation, |
| definition | : | the act of bringing to completion or fruition (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | male orgasm, |
| definition | : | an orgasm accompanied by the sensation of ejaculation of semen (noun.act) |
2. the decisive moment in a novel or play (noun.communication)
| part meronym | : | story, |
| definition | : | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events (noun.communication) |
3. arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | rhetorical device, |
| definition | : | a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) (noun.communication) |
4. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | juncture, occasion, |
| definition | : | an event that occurs at a critical time (noun.event) |
5. the most severe stage of a disease (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | degree, level, point, stage, |
| definition | : | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process (noun.state) |
6. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | cease, end, finish, stop, terminate, |
| definition | : | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical (verb.stative) |
| hyponym | : | crown, top, |
| definition | : | be the culminating event (verb.change) |
7. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse (noun.act)
| derivation | : | come, |
| definition | : | experience orgasm (verb.perception) |
| derivation | : | climactic, |
| definition | : | consisting of or causing a climax (adj.all) |
8. the decisive moment in a novel or play (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | climax, culminate, |
| definition | : | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | culminate, |
| definition | : | reach the highest or most decisive point (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | climactic, |
| definition | : | consisting of or causing a climax (adj.all) |
9. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (noun.event)
| derivation | : | climax, culminate, |
| definition | : | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage (verb.change) |
10. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage (verb.change)
| derivation | : | climax, culmination, |
| definition | : | the decisive moment in a novel or play (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | climax, flood tide, |
| definition | : | the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (noun.event) |
11. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse (noun.act)
| derivation | : | come, |
| definition | : | experience orgasm (verb.perception) |
| derivation | : | climactic, |
| definition | : | consisting of or causing a climax (adj.all) |
12. the decisive moment in a novel or play (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | climax, culminate, |
| definition | : | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | culminate, |
| definition | : | reach the highest or most decisive point (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | climactic, |
| definition | : | consisting of or causing a climax (adj.all) |
13. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (noun.event)
| derivation | : | climax, culminate, |
| definition | : | end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage (verb.change) |
14. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage (verb.change)
| derivation | : | climax, culmination, |
| definition | : | the decisive moment in a novel or play (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | climax, flood tide, |
| definition | : | the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (noun.event) |
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