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terminate verb
Meaning : Bring to an end or halt.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : end
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
We began working at dawn.Who will start?.
Get working as soon as the sun rises!.
The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia.
He began early in the day.
Let's get down to work now.
begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out
Meaning : Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense. Either spatial or metaphorical.
Example :
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.
Meaning : Be the end of. Be the last or concluding part of.
Example :
This sad scene ended the movie.
Synonyms : end
Meaning : Terminate the employment of. Discharge from an office or position.
Example :
The boss fired his secretary today.
The company terminated 25% of its workers.
Synonyms : can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away
