terminate

Verbs

  • (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 WW I
    end,
  • (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
    end, cease, finish, stop,
  • (v) be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
    • This sad scene ended the movie
    end,
  • (v) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
    • The boss fired his secretary today
    • The company terminated 25% of its workers
    give notice, give the axe, give the sack, can, force out, sack, send away, displace, dismiss, fire,

Synonyms

end cease finish stop give notice give the axe give the sack can force out sack send away displace dismiss fire

Antonyms

commence lead off start begin set out start out set about get down get hire employ engage

Words of close approximity

terminal
terminated