0 past simple and past participle of climax --
1 to reach the most important or exciting part: --
The Olympics climaxed in a spectacular closing ceremony.
The show climaxed with all the performers singing on stage together.
About 11 minutes in, the intensity of the section builds as the guitar pitches increase and a heavy piano roll plays, climaxed by a sudden ascending glissando on the piano.
The club suffered two further relegations before beginning a rapid climb up the pyramid, including a hat-trick of promotions, which climaxed in the club joining the national leagues in 2011.
Development of the type climaxed between 1924 and 1933 with four experimental high-pressure locomotives: three cross-compound 2-8-0s and a triple-expansion 4-8-0.
The first section of the ride climaxed with a helix through a wooded area adjacent to the village.
Their disputes climaxed in an arbitration hearing when she discovered he had diverted a portion of her royalties to pay for a script doctor.
The commercials enigmatically depicted various scenes from what appeared to be a short narrative that climaxed with a car crashing into a swimming pool.
Films, particularly comedies, often climaxed in chase scenes to add to film time.
The movie is about college life, and climaxed with a bus burning incident.
