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culminate
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The Book Thief
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- Their voices were full of song, culminating in a roaring rendition of "Deutschland über Alles."†
p. 62.6culminating = reaching the highest or most decisive or final stage
- Nearing Himmel Street, in a hurry of thoughts, a culmination of misery swept over her—the failed recital of The Grave Digger's Handbook, the demolition of her family, her nightmares, the humiliation of the day—and she crouched in the gutter and wept.†
p. 80.2culmination = the final result (after reaching the highest or most decisive or final stage)
- What had happened in the past four or five months to culminate in such a feeling?†
p. 84.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(culminate) reach the highest or most decisive or final stage
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)