culminate

verb

1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage"The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
2. bring to a head or to the highest point"Seurat culminated pointillism"
3. reach the highest or most decisive point
4. reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
5. rise to, or form, a summit"The helmet culminated in a crest"