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