1.   Sweeney stirred fears by predicting a bloody climax to the standoff, similar to confrontations at Ruby Ridge, Idaho and Waco, Texas.

2.   Some critics see it as just another Russian action movie, complete with a bloody climax.

3.   The ambush was a bloody climax to a week of rebel attacks that seemed to signal a change in the long secessionist campaign of East Timor.

4.   As he flew, the fighting in Afghanistan appeared to be reaching a bloody climax.