climaxing

present participle of climax
as in culminating
to bring to a triumphant conclusion organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest

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Recent Examples of climaxing Bloody, disturbing, shocking, and entertaining as hell, the Ghost Ship opening couldn’t be any more different from the absolute slog that follows it, climaxing on a muddled and overly complicated ending. Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 The film’s first 40 minutes brings what feels like a continuous cut of increasingly bloody action, climaxing in the leveling of an entire town. Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 May 2026 At one point, the script prominently featured Hobbs, with the story climaxing in the destruction of Rio. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 2025 Chaining together standard and heavy blows with acrobatic spins, slips, and dives is fluid and intuitive — leaving combat feeling like an ever-climaxing dance of death that often ends with insta-kill execution moves. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025 The climaxing backlash has led brands and industry associations to pressure domestic policymakers to come to the rescue and define nationwide auditing standards and regulation protocols promoted by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for climaxing
Verb
  • During more than two decades of service, culminating as Chief Financial Officer, Ron built a solid financial foundation for M-DCPS.
    Austin Horn July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • The rest of the ship’s flight went according to plan, culminating in a pinpoint splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
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  • The hours between finishing work for the day and going out to dinner are the calm before the storm.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • Prescott is coming off a Pro Bowl season, also finishing third place in Comeback Player of the Year voting, after throwing for 4,552 yards with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
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  • Paramount has said throughout the process that it is committed to completing the merger this summer.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
  • But Dalí continued to work on his deck, anyway, eventually completing it more than a decade later.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

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“Climaxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climaxing. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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