CULMINATE, CULMINATION
NOUNS
► CROWNER the thing or event in a series which outdoes or is a climax to all those preceding; a finishing touch; the culmination; a clinching argument etc. → 1815 colloq.
► HEADING culmination; the process of coming to a head → 1819
► HEADING-UP culmination; the process of coming to a head → 1857
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