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Defenition of the word terminate

    • Defenition of the word terminate

      • To make something end.
      • To have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
      • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense: "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
      • bring to an end; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"
      • bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end; "We terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease doing what you are doing!"
      • terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"
      • have end in a certain location; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"
      • 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 WWI"
      • terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
      • 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 end
      • be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
      • bring to an end or halt
      • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
      • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
      • be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

    Synonyms for the word terminate

      • can
      • cease
      • dismiss
      • end
      • finish
      • fire
      • force out
      • give notice
      • give the axe
      • sack
      • send away
      • stop

    Hyponyms for the word terminate

      • abort
      • adjourn
      • adjudicate
      • ax
      • axe
      • break
      • break off
      • break up
      • clean out
      • climax
      • close
      • close out
      • closure
      • cloture
      • come out
      • complete
      • conclude
      • crush out
      • culminate
      • cut out
      • decide
      • disappear
      • discontinue
      • dismiss
      • dissolve
      • drop
      • extinguish
      • finalise
      • finalize
      • finish
      • furlough
      • go
      • go away
      • go out
      • interrupt
      • kill
      • lapse
      • lay off
      • lift
      • nail down
      • pass away
      • pension off
      • phase out
      • press out
      • raise
      • recess
      • resolve
      • retire
      • run low
      • run out
      • run short
      • send away
      • send packing
      • settle
      • squeeze out
      • stamp out
      • stop
      • stub out
      • turn out
      • vanish

    Hypernyms for the word terminate

      • alter
      • be
      • change
      • discontinue
      • modify
      • remove

    Antonyms for the word terminate

      • begin
      • commence
      • employ
      • engage
      • get
      • get down
      • hire
      • lead off
      • set about
      • set out
      • start
      • start out

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