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   terminate

   /ˈtəːmɪneɪt/

   verb

   • 1. bring to an end: "he was advised to terminate the contract" Similar bring to an endendbring to a close/conclusioncloseconcludefinishstopput an end toput a stop towind updiscontinuebreak offceasecut shortbring to an untimely endabortaxeinformal:pull the plug onOpposite beginstartcommencecontinue
   • ▪ end (a pregnancy) before term by artificial means. Similar abortend
   • ▪ (of a train, bus, or boat service) end its journey: "the train will terminate at Stratford" Similar end its journeyfinish upstop
   • ▪ end the employment of (someone); dismiss: North American "Adamson's putting pressure on me to terminate you"
   • ▪ murder (someone): euphemistic North American "he was terminated by persons unknown"
   • 2. (of a thing) have its end at (a specified place) or of (a specified form): "the chain terminated in an iron ball covered with spikes"
   • ▪ form the physical end or extremity of (an area). archaic

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘direct an action towards a specified end’): from Latin terminat- ‘limited, ended’, from the verb terminare, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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