climax
noun
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination.
climaxed
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past participleof climax.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof climax.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
climaxnounthe highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination.
Example Sentences
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The Fort Irwin fighting climaxed with a predawn attack on a fabricated city, Razish, a relic of training for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Kino’s hypocrisy stems from the same swamp as the original’s fictitious Dr. Gröss, whose lurid footage climaxed with a tsk-tsking screed against poverty, pollution and fascism as major contributors to the global death toll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Cody Gakpo's run into the PSV area climaxed with a shot that was parried by Matej Kovar and Szoboszlai pounced to guide a first-time finish into the empty net from 12 yards.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
It climaxed with Chalamet’s sheltered scion, Paul Atreides, abducted from his family’s spice-mining compound and left to die in the scorching Arrakis desert, patrolled by fanged sandworms the size of the Empire State Building.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
And the matter was finally climaxed in the episode at the Museum of Science and Industry.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
