Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)culminate, climaxend, especially to reach a final or climactic stage“The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace” (v)culminatebring to a head or to the highest point“Seurat culminated pointillism” (v)culminatereach the highest or most decisive point (v)culminatereach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body (v)culminaterise to, or form, a summit“The helmet culminated in a crest”