flood_tide has definitions from the field of astronomy
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[ noun ] the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding

Synonyms

climax

Examples

: "the climax of the artist's career" "in the flood tide of his success"

Related terms

juncture culminate

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[ noun ] (astronomy) the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

Synonyms

rising_tide

Related terms

ebbtide tide flood

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