Related Words for climax

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culminate
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Verb, Adjective
culmination
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
coming
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Noun, Noun
orgasm
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Noun, Noun
flood tide
//
Phrase, Noun
denouement
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Noun
climactic
x/x
Adjective
crescendo
x/x
Noun
finale
x/x
Noun
ending
/x
Noun
coda
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Noun
ejaculation
xxx/x
Noun
apotheosis
xxx/x
Noun
prelude
/x
Noun
epilogue
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Noun
scene
/
Noun
storyline
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Noun
conclusion
x/x
Noun
penultimate
x/xx
Adjective
foreplay
/x
Noun
foreshadowing
x/xx
Noun
interlude
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Noun
prologue
/x
Noun
showdown
/x
Noun
epic
/x
Noun
climatic
x/x
Adjective
melodrama
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Noun
thrilling
/x
Adjective
consummation
xx/x
Noun
pinnacle
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Noun
overture
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Noun
triumph
/x
Noun
rousing
/x
Adjective
sequence
/x
Noun
plot
/
Noun
triumphant
x/x
Adjective
orgy
/x
Noun
buildup
/x
Noun
bloodbath
/x
Noun
endgame
/x
Noun
payoff
/x
Noun
suspenseful
x/x
Adjective
final
/x
Adjective
apex
/x
Noun
paroxysm
/x/x
Noun
zenith
/x
Noun
midway
/x
Noun
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
lovemaking
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Noun
victory
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Noun
anaphora
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Noun
antithesis
x/xx
Noun
synthesis
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Noun
logos
/x
Noun
trope
x
Noun
taxis
/x
Noun
oxymoron
x//x
Noun
metaphor
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Noun
device
x/
Noun
conceit
x/
Noun
rhetoric
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Noun
colon
/x
Noun
cadence
/x
Noun
parenthesis
x/xx
Noun
topos
/x
Noun
comparison
x/xx
Noun
encomium
x/xx
Noun
allegory
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Noun
narration
x/x
Noun
adjournment
x/x
Noun
period
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Noun
declamation
xx/x
Noun
synecdoche
/x/
Noun
parallelism
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Noun
pericope
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Noun
appeal
x/
Noun
enumeration
xxx/x
Noun
ekphrasis
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Noun
thrum
/
Noun
cap
/
Verb
screaming
/x
Adjective
forte
/x
Adjective
fitting
/x
Adjective
smashing
/x
Adjective
duet
x/
Noun
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
metamorphic
xx/x
Adjective
nears
/
Verb
reaches
/x
Verb
mounts
/
Noun
electrifying
x/xxx
Adjective
festivities
x/xx
Noun
shattering
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Verb
absurdity
x/xx
Noun
stirring
/x
Adjective
shuddering
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Verb
thunderous
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Adjective
frenzied
/x
Adjective
petting
/x
Verb
feud
/
Noun
horrifying
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Adjective
grossest
/x
Adjective
satisfying
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Adjective
builds
/
Verb
anti
/x
Adjective
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
hilarious
x/xx
Adjective
boldest
/x
Adjective
wagnerian
x/xx
Adjective
frenetic
x/x
Adjective
apogee
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Noun
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
book
/
Noun, Verb
boom
/
Noun, Verb
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
catharsis
x/x
Noun
centerpiece
/xx
Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
comeback
/x
Noun, Verb
completion
x/x
Noun
crest
/
Noun, Verb
crown
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cusp
/
Noun, Verb
downfall
/x
Noun, Verb
epiphany
x/xx
Noun
fillet
x/
Noun, Verb
fort
/
Noun, Verb
fruition
x/x
Noun
height
/
Noun
heyday
/x
Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
highlight
/x
Verb, Noun
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
hump
/
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
intense
x/
Adjective
loudness
/x
Noun
maximum
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Adjective, Noun
movie
/x
Noun
peak
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
plateau
x/
Noun, Verb
rush
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
scuba
/x
Noun, Verb
sex
/
Noun, Verb
showcase
/x
Noun, Verb
story
/x
Noun, Verb
strength
/
Noun, Verb
stride
/
Noun, Verb
submarine
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
summit
/x
Noun, Verb
temperature
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Noun
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
undersea
xx/
Adjective
underwater
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Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb
upsurge
/x
Noun, Verb
yard
/
Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb