To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
The final term of a rhetorical climax.
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 a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.
To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
To reach a point at which continued progress is not possible.
Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc.
Relating to the culmen