DICTOMETER

TERMINATE

(terminate, terminar, avslutte, utløpe)

1. Synonyms:
   • End
   • Terminate
   Definitions:
   • bring to an end or halt
   Examples:
   • She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
   • The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • End
   • Stop
   • Finish
   • Terminate
   • Cease
   Definitions:
   • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
   • either spatial or metaphorical
   Examples:
   • The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
   • Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
   • My property ends by the bushes
   • The symphony ends in a pianissimo
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • End
   • Terminate
   Definitions:
   • be the end of
   • be the last or concluding part of
   Examples:
   • This sad scene ended the movie
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Displace
   • Fire
   • Give notice
   • Can
   • Dismiss
   • Give the axe
   • Send away
   • Sack
   • Force out
   • Give the sack
   • Terminate
   Definitions:
   • terminate the employment of
   • discharge from an office or position
   Examples:
   • The boss fired his secretary today
   • The company terminated 25% of its workers