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terminate
verb
1 terminate
Bring to an end or halt:
— The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I.
synonym: end.
Dutch: afsluiten, bedanken, besluiten, beëindigen, eindigen, opzeggen, sluiten, stoppen, termineren
2 terminate
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical:
— The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed.
synonyms: cease, end, finish, stop.
Roget 67:
end,
close,
finish,
terminate,
conclude,
be all over;
expire;
die
etc.
360;
come-,
draw-to-a-close
etc.
n.;
have run its course;
run out,
pass away.
bring to an end
etc.
n.;
put an end to,
make an end of;
determine;
get through;
achieve
etc.
(complete)
729;
stop
etc.
(make to cease)
142;
shut up shop;
hang up one's fiddle.
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Dutch: aftrappen, eindigen, nokken, ophouden, stilleggen, stoppen, uitlopen, uitscheiden
3 terminate
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of.
synonym: end.
4 terminate
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position:
— The company terminated 25% of its workers.
synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away.
Dutch: ontslaan, wippen
Moby thesaurus: abandon, abolish, abort, attend, ax, become of, belay, boot out, bounce, button up, cancel, cap, carry to completion, cashier, cease, clean up, climax, close, close out, close up, come about, come of, come out, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, cut it out, cut off, desist, determine, develop, discharge, discontinue, dismiss, dissolve, drop, drop it, end, ensue, eventuate, extinguish, fall out, fare, finalize, finish, finish off, finish up, fire, follow, get done, get it over, get through, get through with, give over, halt, have done with, hold, issue, kick out, knock it off, lay off, leave, leave off, mop up, pan out, perfect, perorate, prorogate, prorogue, prove, prove to be, quit, recess, refrain, relinquish, renounce, resign, resolve, result, rise, round out, sack, scrap, scratch, scrub, sign off, stay, stop, top off, top out, turn out, ultimate, unfold, wind down, wind up, work out, wrap up ... show more.
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