Terminate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 2
Bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Discontinue
- Nail Down
- Stamp Out
- Closure
- Decide
- Close
- Stub Out
- Complete
- Dissolve
- Culminate
- Stop
- Finalize
- Conclude
- Abort
- Phase Out
- Settle
- Interrupt
- Extinguish
- Adjudicate
- Ax
- Lift
- Press Out
- Close Out
- Finish
- Break
- Resolve
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Meaning 3
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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- Discontinue
- Culminate
- Recess
- Run Short
- Conclude
- Disappear
- Lapse
- Go Out
- Turn Out
- Break
- Adjourn
- Go Away
- Pass Away
- Cut Out
- Close
- Go
- Come Out
- Vanish
- Run Out
- Break Up
- Climax
- Run Low
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Meaning 4
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.