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ter⋅mi⋅nate

  [tur-muh-neyt] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
Use terminated in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
2. to occur at or form the conclusion of: The countess's soliloquy terminates the play.
3. to bound or limit spatially; form or be situated at the extremity of.
4. to dismiss from a job; fire: to terminate employees during a recession.
–verb (used without object)
5. to end, conclude, or cease.
6. (of a train, bus, or other public conveyance) to end a scheduled run at a certain place: This train terminates in New York.
7. to come to an end (often fol. by at, in, or with).
8. to issue or result (usually fol. by in).
Origin:
1580–90; v. use of late ME terminate (adj.) limited < L terminātus, ptp. of termināre. See term, -ate 1

Related forms:
ter⋅mi⋅na⋅tive, adjective
ter⋅mi⋅na⋅tive⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1, 2. end, finish, conclude, close, complete.
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ter·mi·nate   (tûr'mə-nāt')   
v.   ter·mi·nat·ed, ter·mi·nat·ing, ter·mi·nates

v.   tr.
  1. To bring to an end or halt: "His action terminated the most hopeful period of reform in Prussian history" (Gordon A. Craig).
  2. To occur at or form the end of; conclude or finish: a display of fireworks that terminated the festivities.
  3. To discontinue the employment of; dismiss: a company that terminated 300 workers.
v.   intr.
  1. To come to an end: The oil pipeline terminates at a shipping port. Negotiations terminated yesterday. See Synonyms at complete.
  2. To have as an end or result: "The Peloponnesian war ... terminated in the ruin of the Athenian commonwealth" (Alexander Hamilton).

[Latin termināre, termināt-, from terminus, end.]
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