climax

climax - noun

A figure of speech in which a series of phrases or sentences is arranged in ascending order of rhetorical forcefulness

The point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (as of a play)

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API

"the climax of a distinguished career"

Examples: "I can see the climax from here." "That climax belongs to me." "The climax is very important."

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Late Latin, from Greek klimax, literally, ladder, from klinein to lean