terminate

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈtɝmɪneɪt/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/

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• Hyphenation: ter‧mi‧nate

Verb

Plain form terminate

Third-person singular terminates

Past tense terminated

Past participle terminated

Present participle terminating

1. (transitive & intransitive) (formal) If someone terminates something, they bring it to an end or get rid of it; they finish it.

   The boss decided to terminate the employee for bad work.

   The wife decided to terminate the marriage in divorce

2. (transitive) If someone terminates someone, they kill them.

Synonyms

• end
• finish
• close
• kill

Related words

• termination
• terminator
• terminal
• terminable
• terminus