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culminate

To culminate is to reach the highest point or to reach a point that all other things have been leading up to. (verb)

An example of culminate is the highest point of tension in a movie to which all story lines have been leading.

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See culminate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See culminate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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