terminate
IPA: tˈɝmʌneɪt
verb
- (transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
- (transitive) To conclude.
- (transitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To kill someone or something.
- (transitive) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
- (intransitive) To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
- (intransitive) Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
- (intransitive) To issue or result.
adjective
- Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
- Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
- (mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
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