culminating

Verb

culminate (third-person singular simple present culminates, present participle culminating, simple past and past participle culminated)

1. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
2. (intransitive) To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc.
   • The tower culminates in a point.

   Synonyms:

   peak

3. (figuratively, intransitive) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.
   • Their messy breakup culminated in a restraining order.
4. (US, etc) To reach a point at which continued progress is not possible.
   • Approaching from the south on foot, elements of the CG battalion were first to come into contact and their attack culminated because the rate and accuracy of the VC small arms fire. The CG battalions attempted two assaults to penetrate[…]2014 August 15, Major Kevin R. Kilbride, Military Assistance Advisory Group-Vietnam (1954-1963): The Battle Of Ap Bac, Pickle Partners Publishing, →ISBN
5. (transitive) To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
   • I would like to know if there are any true moralists who would like to correspond with someone who just instinctively feels there's something wrong somewhere in this unbenevolent world and wants to save it by culminating love and eradicating the captive emotions of the self (Ego).1986 April 26, Tony Marcus Antuan Haywood, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18

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