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terminate
verb(ter-mi-nate)
bring to an end or halt
Synonyms: end,
Examples:
The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I.
terminate
verb(ter-mi-nate)
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
Synonyms: end,
terminate
verb(ter-mi-nate)
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away,
Examples:
The company terminated 25% of its workers.
terminate
verb(ter-mi-nate)
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Synonyms: cease, end, finish, stop,
Examples:
The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed.

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