culminate, culmination, painstaking intelligence, neutralise

The concert was the culmination of a week of masterclasses, rehearsals, feedback sessions and meetings with industry leaders, and the evening ended with a celebratory reception featuring delicious Cone Institute-inspired ice cream provided by the Bent Spoon.

對拉赫曼尼諾夫而言，每首音樂都有一個最重要的”點“，他稱之為Culmination point 。這個點的前後每個音符，樂句，段落，音量，和弦，織體，結構的設計，就是為了抵到它。要到達”點“不可以是刻意的，相反的須自然從容，渾然天成。

Japan developing cyber weapon: report
Channel News AsiaTOKYO: Japan has been developing a virus that could track down the source of a cyber attack and neutralise its programme, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday. The weapon is the culmination of a 179 million yen ($2.3 million) three-year project ...

The raid in Pakistan was the culmination of years of painstaking intelligence.


BA, Iberia Reach Deal To Merge

British Airways and Iberia agreed to create one of the world's largest airlines, culminating more than 15 months of negotiation. The combination would create a carrier with annual revenue of about $20 billion.

cul·mi·nate (kŭl'mə-nāt') v.intr., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.

1. 1. To reach the highest point or degree; climax: habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility.
   2. To come to completion; end: Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion.
2. Astronomy. To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon. Used of stars and other celestial bodies.

v.tr.
To bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion; climax: The ceremony culminated a long week of preparation.

[Late Latin culmināre, culmināt-, from Latin culmen, culmin-, summit.]

culmination cul'mi·na'tion n.

culmination 

Pronunciation: /kʌlmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ 

NOUN

[USUALLY IN SINGULAR]

1The highest or climactic point of something, especially as attained after a long time:the deal marked the culmination of years of negotiation

painstaking
(pānz'tā'kĭng)
adj.
Marked by or requiring great pains; very careful and diligent. See synonyms at meticulous.

n.
Extremely careful and diligent work or effort.

painstakingly pains'tak'ing·ly adv.