culminate vs plunge

culminate

verb
  • To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion. 

  • To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of. 

  • To reach a point at which continued progress is not possible. 

  • Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude. 

  • To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc. 

adj
  • Relating to the culmen 

plunge

verb
  • To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition. 

  • To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. 

  • To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling. 

  • To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse. 

  • To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action. 

  • To remove a blockage by suction. 

  • To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself. 

noun
  • Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. 

  • A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water). 

  • The act of plunging or submerging. 

  • The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. 

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