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To terminate something is to bring it to an end. Period. Full stop.

In ancient Rome, Terminus was the God of landmarks, boundaries, and endings. That’s why his annual party took place at the end of the year. You can imagine the guests walking around in their togas, going, “This party is so great, I wish it would never terminate.” Nowadays, terminate can be used to refer to bringing anything to an end — including one's job or a product line: "When the Weird Food Company announces plans to terminate production of its deep-fried chocolate-covered pickle line, it will be a sad day for lovers of strange snacks."

DEFINITIONS OF: terminate

v bring to an end or halt

“The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I”

Synonyms:: end

Antonyms:: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; begin, commence, lead off, start
set in motion, cause to start; begin
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; begin
have a beginning, of a temporal event; show more antonyms...

Types:: show 36 types...; hide 36 types...; close out
terminate; finish
cause to finish a relationship with somebody; abort
terminate before completion; culminate
bring to a head or to the highest point; lift, raise
put an end to; ax, axe
terminate; kill, stamp out
end or extinguish by forceful means; break up, dissolve
come to an end; break up, dissolve
bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; break, break off, discontinue, stop
prevent completion; break, interrupt
terminate; crush out, extinguish, press out, stub out
extinguish by crushing; finalise, finalize, nail down, settle
make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; complete, finish
come or bring to a finish or an end; closure, cloture
terminate debate by calling for a vote; adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle
bring to an end; settle conclusively; conclude
bring to a close; close
complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; phase out
terminate gradually; close
finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); fracture
become fractured; close
finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; hold on, stop
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; break off, break short, cut short
interrupt before its natural or planned end; freeze, suspend
stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; bog, bog down
get stuck while doing something; top, top off
finish up or conclude; clear up, finish off, finish up, get through, mop up, polish off, wrap up
finish a task completely; see through
remain with until completion; finish out, round out
fill out; carry out, follow out, follow through, follow up, go through, implement, put through
pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; judge
determine the result of (a competition); adjust
decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim; break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt
make a break in; perorate
conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation; accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill
put in effect

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

v 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

Antonyms:: begin, start
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; begin, start
have a beginning characterized in some specified way; begin
have a beginning, of a temporal event; show more antonyms...

Types:: show 23 types...; hide 23 types...; pass away
go out of existence; lapse
end, at least for a long time; cut out
cease operating; go out
become extinguished; adjourn, break up, recess
close at the end of a session; disappear, vanish
cease to exist; climax, culminate
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; run out
become used up; be exhausted; go, run low, run short
to be spent or finished; disappear, go away, vanish
become invisible or unnoticeable; close, conclude
come to a close; come out, turn out
result or end; discontinue
come to or be at an end; break
come to an end; dematerialise, dematerialize
become immaterial; disappear; crown, top
be the culminating event; clear
go away or disappear; bob under
disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water; eventuate
come out in the end; work out
happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well; fizzle, fizzle out, peter out, taper off
end weakly; leave off
come to an end, stop or cease; expire, run out
lose validity

v be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

Synonyms:: end

Types:: close
cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop

Type of:: be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

v 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

Antonyms:: employ, engage, hire
engage or hire for work

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; retire
make (someone) retire; pension off
let go from employment with an attractive pension; clean out
force out; furlough, lay off
dismiss, usually for economic reasons; squeeze out
force out; dismiss, drop, send away, send packing
stop associating with; superannuate
retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability; downsize
dismiss from work

Type of:: remove
remove from a position or an office

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