terminate

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Synonyms: germinate, verminate, terminat, terminale, terminal, terminated, turbinate, seminate, terminator, determinate, terminant

Antonyms: germinate, verminate, terminat, terminale, terminal, terminated, turbinate, seminate, terminator, determinate, terminant

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Verb

1. To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
   • to terminate a process before its completion
   • to terminate an effort, or a controversy
2. To conclude.
3. To set or be a limit or boundary to.
   • to terminate a surface by a line
4. To form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule.
   • We'll rough them all in before we start terminating any of them.
5. To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
6. To kill someone or something.
   • The enemy must be terminated by any means possible.
7. To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
8. Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
   • This train terminates at the next station.
9. To issue or result.

Adjective

1. Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
2. Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
   • Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.
3. Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
   • One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.

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