climax

Converse of object

• shudder: The week came to its shuddering climax with President Bush's speech to the UN General Assembly.
• shatter: The first hour may seem slow but it builds considerable tension until it reaches a shattering climax.
• reach: The final of the 2002 Heineken Cup had reached a dramatic climax.
• mark: We are also told that ` the war marked the climax of the defeat of the Soviet working class ' .

Adjective modifier

• thrilling: On stage, there's a subtle tension created that results in a thrilling climax to the show.
• rousing: A powerful build up throughout the song leads to a rousing climax.
• gripping: Competing against the police and against time, the investigation reaches a fast-paced, gripping climax.
• fitting: The crack in the final overhang provides a fitting climax.
• anti: Getting to Faro was always going to be a bit of an anti climax for me.
• dramatic: An account of the visit formed the dramatic climax to the Seven Pillars.

Modifies a noun

• vegetation: Each climate will also develop its own climax vegetation.
• forest: Seibold's beech formed the typical temperate climax forest of Japan.

Noun used with modifier

• nail-biting: However, this proves to be no ordinary group therapy as events reach a nail-biting climax.
• epic: This 256-page hardback book takes the Players further along the road to the epic climax of the series.

Possessives

• film: Thus starts the events that leads to the film's violent climax.

Preposition: of

• episode: The climax of the episode is a genuine surprise.
• celebration: I cannot wait to see your face at the climax of the celebration, when Mr Fomorian invokes the Morrigan.
• film: The reasons for him to home in on them become clear toward the climax of the film.
• story: I'm still waiting for the climax of this story.
• evening: The climax of the evening was Pärt's ' Miserere ' .