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| NOUN: | 1. The projecting rim on the front of a cap: bill2, brim, visor. See CONVEX, PROTECTION. 2. The highest point or state: acme, apex, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, height, meridian, pinnacle, summit, top, zenith. Informal : payoff. Medicine : fastigium. See HIGH. 3. The highest point: apex, cap, crest, crown, height, roof, summit, top, vertex. See HIGH. | | VERB: | To reach or bring to a climax: cap, climax, crest, crown, culminate, top (off or out). See EXCITE. | | ADJECTIVE: | Of or constituting a climax: climactic, crowning, culminating. See HIGH, OVER.
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