terminates
Brings to close
Terminates is the third-person singular of terminate, meaning to bring something to an end or to come to an end.
A contract terminates on a specific date.
A bus route terminates at a particular stop.
In harsher usage, to terminate someone is to fire them from a job or, in euphemistic slang, to kill them: The assassin was sent to terminate the target.
Cease all motion
- ceaseTo discontinue activity
- discontinueTo stop doing
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
- abortEnd before completion
conclude · end · finish · close · wind-up · wrap-up · cut-off · phase-out
Terminated from employment
- layoffTermination without cause
- downsizeReduce scale or staff
- sackRough fabric bag
- redundancyNeedless duplication
discharge · severance · dismissal · outsourced · restructuring · HR · unemployment · outplacement
Line marking a limit
- stationFixed stopping point
- depotVehicle storage facility
- hubCentral connection point
- destinationIntended arrival point
Steps toward a result
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- crashSudden violent impact
- exitWay to leave
- shutdownCessation of operations
abort · timeout · error · session · runtime · thread · execution
Causing death or ruin
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- mortallyCausing or resulting in death
- assassinateMurder a prominent figure
- executeCarry out fully
euthanize · exterminate · kill · slay · eliminate · dispatch · liquidate · bounty
Voiding of plans
- breachBreaking of agreement
- nullifyMake of no effect
- voidWithout legal effect
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
revoke · annul · expiration · clause · agreement · lease · subscription · membership
Ending a pregnancy
- miscarriagePregnancy lost naturally
- inducedBrought about deliberately
- surgicalRelating to operations
- medicalOf healthcare practice
trimester · clinic · procedure · fetal · reproductive · choice · planned · spontaneous
stop
Cease all motion
- ceaseTo discontinue activity
- discontinueTo stop doing
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
abort · conclude · end · finish · close · wind-up · wrap-up · cut-off · phase-out · call-off
fired
Terminated from employment
redundancy · discharge · severance · dismissal · outsourced · restructuring · HR · unemployment · outplacement
boundary
Line marking a limit
process
Steps toward a result
shutdown · abort · timeout · error · session · runtime · thread · execution
fatal
Causing death or ruin
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- mortallyCausing or resulting in death
- assassinateMurder a prominent figure
execute · euthanize · exterminate · kill · slay · eliminate · dispatch · liquidate · bounty · assassination
cancellation
Voiding of plans
rescind · revoke · annul · expiration · clause · agreement · lease · subscription · membership · default
abortion
Ending a pregnancy
- miscarriagePregnancy lost naturally
- inducedBrought about deliberately
- surgicalRelating to operations
medical · trimester · clinic · procedure · fetal · reproductive · choice · planned · spontaneous · elective
- ending wordsconcludes, finishes, ends, completes, finalizes
- shut downturns off, powers down, deactivates, switches off, kills
- cuts offdisconnects, severs, detaches, unplugs, shuts off
- termination noticeFormal dismissal document
- The TerminatorFuturistic mechanical assassin
- Terminator 2Action sequel about protective robot
- wrongful terminationIllegal firing from job
- early terminationEnding before intended completion
- job terminationEnding of work relationship
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