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climax
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climax
1. a decisive moment in a dramatic or other work
2. Ecology the stage in the development of a community during which it remains stable under the prevailing environmental conditions
3. (esp in referring to women) another word for orgasm

climax [′klī‚maks]
(ecology)
A mature, relatively stable community in an area, which community will undergo no further change under the prevailing climate; represents the culmination of ecological succession.


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The climaxes and build-ups are fucking amazing, not to mention the haunting drones of madness.
Gleefully exposing love and lust in mid-18th-century England, Grimm's Pleasure climaxes with a happy ending and a gay couple's marriage.
The story climaxes as a fuzzy-cheeked assassin is surrounded by the police at a mountain hideaway.
 
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