intransitive verb. To bring to an end or halt.

intransitive verb. To occur at or form the end of; conclude or finish: synonym: complete.

intransitive verb. To discontinue the employment of; dismiss.

intransitive verb. To murder or assassinate (someone).

intransitive verb. To come to an end; reach a stopping point.

intransitive verb. To form an end or produce a result. Often used with in.

To bound; limit; form the extreme outline of; set a boundary or limit to; define.

To end; put an end to.

To complete; put the closing or finishing touch to; perfect.

Synonyms To close, conclude.

To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; stop short; end.

To cease; come to an end in time; end.

Capable of coming to an end; limited; bounded: as, a terminate decimal. A terminate number is an integer, a mixed number, or a vulgar fraction. See interminate.

intransitive verb. To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease.

intransitive verb. To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.

transitive verb. To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit.

transitive verb. To put an end to; to make to cease.

transitive verb. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.

verb. To finish or end.

verb. To kill.

verb. To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire or lay off.

adjective. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.

adjective. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.

adjective. Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.

verb. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

verb. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

verb. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

verb. bring to an end or halt

"Brooks found the use of the word terminate very unsettling."

abort  

terminable  termination  terminator  terminus  

adjourn  break  breakup  climax  close  

determinate  exterminate  germinate  

abandon  abolish  abort  attend  ax  

terminated  terminates  terminating