climax
noun
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination.
have climaxed
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present perfectof climax.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But denunciations of him in the Soviet press have climaxed in the charge that the writer, a twice-decorated war hero, was a Nazi sympathizer.
From Time Magazine Archive
