Antonyms for culmination
ˌkʌl məˈneɪ ʃəncul·mi·na·tion

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1. culmination

   Antonyms:
   fall, descent, decline, failure, downfall, degradation, defeat, abortion

   Synonyms:
   consummation, zenith, acme, meridian, apex, success, completion

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1. apogee, culminationnoun

   a final climactic stage

   "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"

   Synonyms:
   mop up, apogee, completion, windup, closing, climax

2. culminationnoun

   (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

   Synonyms:
   windup, mop up, apogee, completion, closing, climax

3. climax, culminationnoun

   the decisive moment in a novel or play

   "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

   Synonyms:
   windup, flood tide, sexual climax, climax, apogee, mop up, coming, orgasm, closing, completion

4. completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop upnoun

   a concluding action

   Synonyms:
   shutdown, windup, closedown, end, shutting, climax, apogee, mop up, pass completion, closing, completion, conclusion, ending, close, closure

How to use culmination in a sentence?

1. Jeff Sessions:

   Today's arrest in Israel is the culmination of a large-scale investigation spanning multiple continents for hate crimes against Jewish communities across our country, the Department of Justice is committed to protecting the civil rights of all Americans, and we will not tolerate the targeting of any community in this country on the basis of their religious beliefs.

2. Danielle Ohl:

   It’s the culmination of three excruciating years, waiting for a result in the trial and waiting to find out if the man who kind of ruined our families and newsroom would go somewhere with the potential to be released.

3. The Bucks:

   Today's signing is the culmination of an extraordinary effort from a broad coalition to not only keep the Bucks in Wisconsin, but revitalize Milwaukee.

4. Albert Bourla:

   2020 has been a transformational year, not only for Pfizer, but also in the life of every patient in every community that we serve, we saw the culmination of Pfizer's decade-long conversion into a pure-play, science and innovation-focused company... Our record-breaking success at developing a vaccine against Covid-19, along with our partner BioNTech, is just one example of what we believe this new Pfizer is capable of achieving.

5. David Levinson in an interview:

   My father was left behind and in an agreement where there was a prisoner swap in the culmination and finalization of the Iran nuclear deal.

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