| CLI | the decisive moment in a novel or play |
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| CLI | arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness |
| CLI | the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding |
| CLI | the most severe stage of a disease |
| CLI | end, esp. to reach a final or climactic stage |
| CLI | the act of climbing something |
| CLI | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) |
| CLI | an upward slope or grade (as in a road) |
| CLI | increase in value or to a higher point |
| CLI | improve one's social status |
| CLI | go up or advance |
| CLI | go upward with gradual or continuous progress |