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 build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
To place on a pinnacle.
An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
The highest point.
Coordinate term: sea stack
A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.