0 past simple and past participle of climax
1 to reach the most important or exciting part:
The show climaxed with all the performers singing on stage together.
The Olympics climaxed in a spectacular closing ceremony.
In one unconfirmed radio report, their humiliation was climaxed by requiring them to sing the national anthem before a public gathering.
This process, which began around 1850, climaxed between 1870 and 1914.
The 'sound' of that period was the big symphony orchestra, whose evolution climaxed with the last post-romantics and impressionists.
Events have climaxed in the past few weeks.
Once stopped in the station, a violent earthquake would take place, destroying the entire station and climaxed in a massive flash flood.
In 1923, the tournament climaxed with 99 participating ski jumpers.
The crash climaxed in late 1891 with the failure of several major banks.
The movie is about college life, and climaxed with a bus burning incident.
