terminate

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terminate
v. end, conclude, stop, wind up, discontinue, abort

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terminate

Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) end
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) close out
(cause) end, stop, finish, cease
(derivation) termination, ending, conclusion
2. 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"
(synonym) end, stop, finish, cease
(hyponym) pass away
(derivation) end point, endpoint, termination, terminus
3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
(synonym) end
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) close
(derivation) destination, terminus
4. terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
(synonym) fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack
(hypernym) remove
(hyponym) retire


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terminare
v. end, finish, conclude, come out, terminate, pull off
 
terminato
adj. over

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terminar
v. terminate, end, conclude, stop, discontinue, abort
 
terminarse
v. terminate, end, conclude, stop, discontinue, abort