terminating
Bringing to close
Terminating describes something that is ending or coming to a stop.
A terminating employee is being let go.
A terminating decimal reaches a final digit rather than repeating infinitely.
In technical contexts, terminating often appears in compound forms: a self-terminating process, the terminating station on the rail line.
The word emphasizes the act of conclusion rather than the state of being finished.
End or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- completionAct of finishing
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- endingFinal portion of something
expiration · cessation · discontinuation · culmination · finalization · wrap-up · windup · stoppage
Complete sudden stop
- ceaseTo discontinue activity
- stopCease all motion
- discontinueTo stop doing
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
interrupt · arrest · freeze · pause · abort · cancel · cut off · break off
Declared void from start
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- rescissionFormal annulment of agreements
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- repealAnnul a statute
invalidation · dissolution · disbandment · abrogation · voiding · quashing · abolition · severance
Ending all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- finalLast and decisive
- ultimateHighest or most extreme
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
decisive · determinative · irrevocable · binding · settling · unequivocal · categorical · last word
Causing or capable of death
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- mortalSubject to death
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- end-stageFinal, irreversible phase
palliative · hospice · moribund · incurable · inoperable · death sentence · euthanasia · last days
conclusion
End or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- completionAct of finishing
- closureSense of emotional resolution
ending · expiration · cessation · discontinuation · culmination · finalization · wrap-up · windup · stoppage · shutdown
halt
Complete sudden stop
- ceaseTo discontinue activity
- stopCease all motion
- discontinueTo stop doing
suspend · interrupt · arrest · freeze · pause · abort · cancel · cut off · break off · end
annulment
Declared void from start
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- rescissionFormal annulment of agreements
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
repeal · invalidation · dissolution · disbandment · abrogation · voiding · quashing · abolition · severance · breach
conclusive
Ending all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- finalLast and decisive
- ultimateHighest or most extreme
absolute · decisive · determinative · irrevocable · binding · settling · unequivocal · categorical · last word · point of no return
lethal
Causing or capable of death
end-stage · palliative · hospice · moribund · incurable · inoperable · death sentence · euthanasia · last days · deathbed
- eliminatingeliminating, eradicating, wiping out, exterminating, abolishing
- sequencessequence, arithmetic, series, geometric, progressions
- cancellation wordscancellation, revoking, voiding, annulment, repeal
- disconnectingdetaching, disconnect, disengaging, detach, disconnecting
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- restrainingconstraining, restricting, limiting, confining, curbing
terminatingbeginning
Initial stage of something
starting · commencing · initiating · opening · originating
terminatingcontinuing
Going on without stopping
persisting · perpetuating · ongoing · sustaining · maintaining
- termination noticeFormal dismissal document
- wrongful terminationIllegal firing from job
- early terminationEnding before intended completion
- job terminationEnding of work relationship
- termination letterOfficial firing notice
- termination dateScheduled conclusion point