Ultimate
Ultimate adjective - Of the greatest or highest degree or quantity.
Wind up and ultimate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wind up" instead a verb "Ultimate".
Nearby Words: ultimatum, ultimately
Wind up
Wind up verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Anakin does wind up joining with Palpatine as a Sith Lord, but he winds up paying the ultimate price because of it.
Source: Evil Counterpart / Film -
Even worse is Lysandre, whose lineup makes one question how he planned to contain the Legendary powering the ultimate weapon should it ever go rogue or wind up under the player trainer's command.
Source: Crippling Overspecialization - Eventually they wind up in the comic book Ultimate Spider-Man, where Miles Morales has already replaced the deceased Peter Parker.
Source: Discriminate and Switch
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