About The Word Terminate
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Terminate
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What's The Definition Of Terminate?
[v] 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"
[v] terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [v] 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" [v] be the end of; be the last of concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie" Synonyms | Synonyms for Terminate: can | cease | dismiss | end | end | finish | fire | force out | give notice | give the axe | sack | send away | stop Related Terms | Find terms related to Terminate: See Also | abort | adjourn | adjudicate | alter | ax | axe | be | break | break | break off | break up | break up | cease | change | clean out | climax | close | close | close out | closure | cloture | come out | complete | conclude | crush out | culminate | culminate | cut out | decide | die hard | disappear | discontinue | discontinue | dissolve | drop | end up | extinguish | fetch up | finalise | finalize | finish | finish up | furlough | go | go away | go out | interrupt | kill | land up | lapse | lay off | lift | nail down | pass away | pension off | phase out | press out | raise | recess | remove | resolve | retire | run low | run short | send packing | settle | squeeze out | stamp out | stop | stub out | terminate | turn out | vanish | wind up Terminate In Webster's Dictionary \Ter"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terminated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Terminating}.] [L. terminatus, p. p. of
terminare. See {Term}.]
1. To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or
side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by
a line.
2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an
effort, or a controversy.
3. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to
completion; to perfect.
During this interval of calm and prosperity, he
[Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves,
destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of
art. --J. S.
Harford.
\Ter"mi*nate\, v. i. 1. To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics. 2. To come to a limit in time; to end; to close. The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, terminate on zhis side heaven. --South. |
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