(in/with something) to end with a particular result, or at a particular point (Oxford)
2. if an event or series of events culminates in something, it ends with it, having developed until it reaches this point (Cambridge)
Months of hard work culminated in success. (Oxford)
heir summer tour will culminate at a spectacular concert in London. (Oxford)
hard work culminated in success
tour will culminate at a spectacular concert
Conclude
End up
Begin
Commence
Culmination