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 outdo or defeat, especially in battle.
Something or someone that is the worst.
Most unfavorable.
Used with the definite article and an implied noun: something that is worst.
Most inferior; doing the least good.
Most harmful or severe.