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climaxes
[klahy-maks] 
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climax
[klahy-maks]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peak, culmination |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, ascendancy, capsheaf, capstone, climacteric, crest, crowning point, extremity, head, height, high spot, highlight, intensification, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, orgasm, payoff, pinnacle, pitch, summit, tiptop, top, turning point, utmost, zenith |
| Antonyms: | anticlimax, cliffhanger |
| Main Entry: | acme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pinnacle of achievement or physical object |
| Synonyms: | apogee, capstone, climax, culmination, height, high point, highest point, meridian, optimum, peak, summit, top, ultimate, vertex, zenith |
| Antonyms: | nadir |
| Main Entry: | apex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, high point |
| Synonyms: | acme, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, greatest, height, max, maximum, meridian, most*, ne plus ultra, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, sublimity, summit, tip, tops, up there, vertex, zenith |
| Antonyms: | nadir |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | centerpiece |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highlight |
| Synonyms: | best part, center of attention, climax, focal point, heart, high point, high spot, hub, keynote, main event, main feature, nucleus |
| Main Entry: | crest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest point |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, climax, crescendo, crown, culmination, fastigium, head, height, noon, peak, pinnacle, ridge, roof, summit, top, vertex |
| Notes: | a wave's foamy top is its crest; spray blown up from wave tops is spindrift |
| Antonyms: | bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | crisis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical situation |
| Synonyms: | big trouble, catastrophe, change, climacteric, climax, confrontation, contingency, corner, crossroad, crunch, crux, culmination, deadlock, dilemma, dire straits, disaster, embarrassment, emergency, entanglement, exigency, extremity, height, hot potato, hour of decision, imbroglio, impasse, juncture, mess, moment of truth, necessity, pass, perplexity, pickle, pinch*, plight, point of no return, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, situation, stew, strait, trauma, trial, trouble, turning point, urgency |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | critical mass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial point |
| Synonyms: | climax, crisis, crisis point, critical juncture, critical point, critical stage, crossroads, crossroads, crucial moment, crunch time, decisive moment, defining moment, do or die time, emergency, high noon, high noon, irreversible momentum, moment of truth, pivotal point, point of no return, sink or swim time, the Rubicon, turning point, zero hour |
| Main Entry: | crown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top; best |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, climax, crest, culmination, fastigium, head, meridian, peak, perfection, pinnacle, roof, summit, tip, top, ultimate, vertex, zenith |
| Antonyms: | bottom, worst |
| Main Entry: | crown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be the culmination of |
| Synonyms: | cap, climax, complete, consummate, crest, finish, fulfill, perfect, put finishing touch on, round off, surmount, terminate, top, top off |
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