reverse dictionary

[Arnath]

Sorry for bringing this thread back from the dead, but I'm looking for a word, and the Reverse Dictionary didn't exactly help. I'm looking for a synonym to the expression "resulted in".

e.g. "The French-German embitterment which stems back from the late 1800s ________ in the second world war."

e.g. "The attack on Pearl Harbour, as well as further escalations in Europe __________ in America's decision to use the atomic bomb over Japan"

What I'm looking for is a word which states that all these events lead up to something. The word I'm looking for is not very much used, but every native speaker of English probably knows it.

edit: I think there's a "u" in the word; if that helps :)

edit#2: I'm actually not writing an essay on WW2, but those were the best examples I could come up with. :) The essay I'm currently writing is called "The [R]evolution of the Printing Press and its effects on literacy, writing and society".
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"Culminated" perhaps?

Arnath