Definition of terminated
adjective:
- having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete", "the affair is over, ended, finished", "the abruptly terminated interview". Synonyms: all over, complete, concluded, ended, over.
- (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end.
verb:
- 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". Synonyms: end, terminate. Antonyms: begin.
- 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". Synonyms: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate. Antonyms: begin.
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie". Synonyms: end, terminate.
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "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, terminate. Antonyms: hire.
Related words
abort, adjourn, adjudicate, ax, axe, break, climax, close, closure, cloture, complete, conclude, culminate, decide, disappear, discontinue, dismiss, dissolve, drop, extinguish, finalise, finalize, finish, furlough, go, interrupt, kill, lapse, lift, raise, recess, resolve, retire, settle, stop, vanish.
Words nearby
terminate.
Rhymes with
abbreviated, accelerated, accumulated, activated, adulterated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, amalgamated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, articulated, asphyxiated, assassinated.
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