Definition of "Culminate" :

verb: rise to, or form, a summit

"The helmet culminated in a crest."

verb: bring to a head or to the highest point

"Seurat culminated pointillism."

verb: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

"The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace."

verb: reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body

verb: reach the highest or most decisive point