terminate
Bring to close
Terminate means to bring something to an end.
A contract terminates when it expires or is canceled.
Employment terminates when someone is fired or quits.
In harsher usage, to terminate someone can mean to kill them—a euphemism favored in espionage and action films: The agent was ordered to terminate the target.
A bus route terminates at its final stop.
A pregnancy may be terminated through abortion.
Final portion or cessation
- finishBring to completion
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- finalizeSettle decisively
- closeNearby or to shut
wrap up · cease · culminate · conclude · expire · closure · wind down · bring to an end
Revoke or terminate
- voidWithout legal effect
- annulDeclare legally void
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- breachBreaking of agreement
nullify · revoke · expiration · dissolution · invalidate · clause · agreement · notice
Steps toward a result
crash · timeout · halt · interrupt · shutdown · daemon · runtime · signal
Combustion with flames
- dismissSend away or reject
- layoffTermination without cause
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- redundancyNeedless duplication
discharge · sack · pink slip · let go · downsize · outplacement · separation · furlough
Cause death
- eliminateRemove completely
- executeCarry out fully
- assassinateMurder a prominent figure
- liquidateConvert assets to currency
hit · neutralize · dispatch · target · contract killing · snuff out · take out · rub out
Final point reached
- stationFixed stopping point
- destinationIntended arrival point
- end pointWhere something concludes
- boundaryLine marking a limit
limit · final stop · last stop · railhead · end of the line · depot
end
Final portion or cessation
close · wrap up · cease · culminate · conclude · expire · closure · wind down · bring to an end · discontinue
cancel
Revoke or terminate
breach · nullify · revoke · expiration · dissolution · invalidate · clause · agreement · notice · default
process
Steps toward a result
kill · crash · timeout · halt · interrupt · shutdown · daemon · runtime · signal · exception
fire
Combustion with flames
redundancy · discharge · sack · pink slip · let go · downsize · outplacement · separation · furlough · axe
kill
Cause death
- eliminateRemove completely
- executeCarry out fully
- assassinateMurder a prominent figure
liquidate · hit · neutralize · dispatch · target · contract killing · snuff out · take out · rub out
endpoint
Final point reached
- stationFixed stopping point
- destinationIntended arrival point
- end pointWhere something concludes
boundary · limit · final stop · last stop · railhead · end of the line · depot
abortion
Ending a pregnancy
- miscarriagePregnancy lost naturally
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
trimester · fetal · medical · surgical · elective · spontaneous · induced · dilation · curettage · reproductive
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- Doublespeakcollateral damage, enhanced interrogation, friendly fire, regime change, neutralize
- computer actionsclick, typing, clicking, browsing, save
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- finishfinish, complete, conclude, end, finalize
- termination noticeFormal dismissal document
- terminal illnessIncurable, deadly medical condition
- terminally illIncurably sick, facing death
- terminal cancerIncurable, deadly tumor disease
- airport terminalPassenger processing facility
- rail terminalFacility for train arrivals
terminal, determination, termination, exterminate, terminated, interminable, extermination, indeterminate, terminating