Synonyms: culminate
Definition: rise to, or form, a summit
Usage: The helmet culminated in a crest
Synonyms: culminate
Definition: bring to a head or to the highest point
Usage: Seurat culminated pointillism
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
Definition: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
Usage: The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
Similar words: cease, stop, terminate, finish, end
Definition: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Usage: the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed; Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other; My property ends by the bushes; The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Synonyms: culminate
Definition: reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
Similar words: hit, make, gain, attain, arrive at, reach
Definition: reach a destination, either real or abstract
Usage: We hit Detroit by noon; The water reached the doorstep; We barely made it to the finish line; I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
Synonyms: culminate
Definition: reach the highest or most decisive point
Similar words: accomplish, achieve, attain, reach
Definition: to gain with effort
Usage: she achieved her goal despite setbacks