Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness.
A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.
A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
Full bloom or reproductive maturity.
The final term of a rhetorical climax.
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).