Consummate
End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Usage example: let's end the meeting with a short prayer
Consummate is a synonym for end in start topic. Sometimes you can use "Consummate" instead a verb "End", if it concerns topics such as bring to an end.
Common collocations
| friendship | consummate friendship | end friendship |
| marriage | consummate marriage | end marriage |
| relationship | consummate relationship | end relationship |
| affair | consummate affair | end affair |
Both words in one sentence
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At the end when Andy and Trish get married, the priest conducting the services earnestly demands they "consummate their marriage" as soon as possible.
Source: Film / The 40-Year-Old Virgin - In The End of the Affair Maurice tries to convince another character that Sarah is a "consummate liar".
Source: Consummate Liar -
VeggieTales: At the very end of the movie "Lyle the Kindly Viking," Larry, the consummate manchild, sings "I have to go to the baaathroooom," much to Bob's chagrin.
Source: Calling Your Bathroom Breaks
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End or Consummate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/consummate/end.
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