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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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
Universal substantially increased the budget and abandoned underground racing for an “Ocean’s 11”-style heist that climaxed with a car racing through Rio de Janeiro while dragging a bank vault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
From there, the score remained 3-2 until the sixth inning — when the game climaxed in two memorable sequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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
