Definition of terminates Terminates

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terminates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of terminate (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb terminates, terminating, terminated
terminate - bring to an end or halt; "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"
		end
		lead off, commence, begin, start teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"
		start out, commence, set about, set out, get down, begin, start, get begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		close out terminate; "We closed out our account"
		finish cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary"
		abort terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
		culminate rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"
		lift, raise remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
		ax, axe terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
		stamp out, kill end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
		dissolve, break up declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
		dissolve, break up declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
		discontinue, break off, stop, break put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
		interrupt, break terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
		crush out, stub out, press out, extinguish extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
		finalise, finalize, nail down, settle make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"
		complete, finish bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements; "A child would complete the family"
		closure, cloture terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"
		adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
		conclude bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"
		close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"
		phase out terminate gradually
		close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"
terminate - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "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"
		end, stop, finish, cease
		begin, start set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
		pass away go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away"
		lapse drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
		cut out cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"
		go out become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark"
		adjourn, recess, break up close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
		disappear, vanish get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"
		climax, culminate rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"
		run out become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out"
		run low, run short, go to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"
		disappear, go away, vanish get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"
		conclude, close bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"
		come out, turn out come off; "His hair and teeth fell out"
		discontinue put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
		break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
		displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack
		employ, hire, engage engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
		remove remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
		retire cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
		pension off let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile"
		clean out empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers"
		furlough, lay off grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"
		squeeze out force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"
		send packing, send away, dismiss, drop bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
terminate - be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
		end
		be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
		close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"

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Wiktionary

terminate (Verb)
To finish or end.
terminate (Verb)
To kill.
terminate (Verb)
To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire or lay off .
terminate (Adjective)
Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
terminate (Adjective)
Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
terminate (Adjective)
Expressible in a finite number of terms; of a decimal not recurring or infinite.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

terminate (v. t.)
To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
terminate (v. t.)
To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.
terminate (v. t.)
Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.
terminate (v. i.)
To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.
terminate (v. i.)
To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

terminate
To make something end.
terminate
To have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

terminate
tėr′min-āt, v.t. to set a limit to: to set the boundary: to put an end to: to finish.—v.i. to be limited: to end either in space or time: to close.—adj. Ter′minable, that may be limited: that may terminate or cease.—n. Ter′minableness.—adj. Ter′minal, pertaining to, or growing at, the end or extremity: ending a series or part: occurring in every term.—n.pl. Terminā′lia, an annual Roman festival in honour of Terminus, the god of boundaries.—adv. Ter′minally.—n. Terminā′tion, act of terminating or ending: limit: end: result: the ending of words as varied by their signification.—adjs. Terminā′tional, pertaining to, or forming, a termination; Ter′minātive, tending to terminate or determine: absolute.—adv. Ter′minātively.—n. Ter′minātor, one who, or that which, terminates: the boundary between the illuminated and dark portions of the moon or of a planet.—adj. Ter′minātory. [L. terminus.]