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2. crisis, critical point, turning point, juncture, crossroads, turning of the tide; intensification, heightening, build-up, acumination, sharpening.

-v. 3. culminate, peak, crest, heighten, intensify,
come to a head; result, end, terminate; acuminate, sharpen, bring to a head, build up, increase; crown, cap, pinnacle, tip, top, top off, surmount, sit atop or on; consummate, perfect, put the finishing touches on, round out oroff; complete, conclude, finish, top out, bring to a close.

climb, v. 1. ascend, mount, scale, escalade, go up, get up; clamber, shin, shinny, struggle orscramble up, make orwork one's way up; surmount, overtop, top; (all of vines)

twine up, creep up, trail up.
2. rise, arise, lift, lift off; increase, shoot up, jump up, run up, advance, escalate, swell, tower; incline, lean, tilt, tip.
3. advance oneself, get ahead, make strides, work one's way up the ladder, improve one's position; achieve, succeed, make good, Inf.make it.
-n. 4.

ascent, mount, scaling; clamber, shinning, shinnying; surmounting, overtopping, topping.

5. hill, slope, mountain, elevation, height, peak, summit; incline, grade, gradient, acclivity,

clinch, v. 1. attach, fasten, make fast, secure, fix, set; rivet, nail, screw, bolt, drive in; clamp, vise, brace; lock, bar, hasp; pinion, bind, tie, fetter.
2. seize, grab, Inf.collar, lay hold of; wrestle, grapple; grip, gripe, clench, clutch, clasp.
3. settle, dispose of, establish, complete, cap, conclude, culminate, crown; close, wind up, finish off, round out, SI.sew up, SI.put on ice; verify, confirm, guarantee, make sure, SI.cinch, SI.have in the bag.
-n. 4.

fastener, holdfast, fastening; hold, grip, Inf cinch, gripe, clench, clutch, clasp.

clincher, n.1. fastener, holdfast, fastening; clamp, vise; nail, screw, rivet, bolt.
2. determining factor, Inf.cruncher, finisher, last straw, straw that broke the camel's back; crowning blow, finishing blow, Fr. coup de grdce, SI.

sockdolager, deathblow; finishing touch, last stroke, windup, close, finale, Inf.payoff, punch line; culmination, crown, crowning touch, cap, capper, capstone, Fr. pitce de resistance; end, end of the line, match point.

cling¹, v. 1. adhere to, stick to, be attached to; stick together, cohere, fuse, coalesce, unite, join.
2. hold tight, cleave to, hug, embrace; hold fast, grapple, clinch; fasten upon, grip, gripe, grasp; clench, clutch, clasp, hang onto.
3. cherish, love, be attached to, be fond of; remain faithful to, remain constant to, be devoted to; be infatuated with, Both SI.

be hooked on, be stuck on.

cling², v. 1. ring, ting, tinkle, tintinnabulate, chime, ding, ding-dong; clink, chink, clank, click, clack; clang, clangor, resound, twang, vibrate, jingle, jangle, rattle; knell, toll, strike, sound.
-n. 2. ring, ringing, ting, tinging, tinkle, tinkling, tintinnabulation; chime, chiming, ding, ding-dong; clink, clinking, chink, chinking, clank, clanking, click, clicking, clack, clacking; clang, clanging, clangor, clangoring, resounding, twang, twanging, vibrating; jingle, jingling, jangle, jangling, rattle, rattling; knell, knelling, toll, tolling, striking, sounding,

clinic, n.infirmary, hospital, polyclinic, medical center; dispensary, outpatients' ward, emergency room.