climax
noun
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination.
had climaxed
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past perfectof climax.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Months of controversy had climaxed in a set of high crime & misdemeanor charges.
From Time Magazine Archive
By diligent search he had found the man Murphy, the Clanahan henchman, who, under pressure, had given away the Timber Mountain plot which had climaxed in the kidnapping of the boss.
From The Wreckers by Francis Lynde
