culminate
verb
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to rise to, or form, a summit“The helmet culminated in a crest.”
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to bring to a head or to the highest point“Seurat culminated pointillism”
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to end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage“The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace.”climax
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to reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
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to reach the highest or most decisive point