end, terminate
(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”
displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; “The boss fired his secretary today”; “The company terminated 25% of its workers”
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
(verb) 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”
end, terminate
(verb) be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; “This sad scene ended the movie”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
terminate (third-person singular simple present terminates, present participle terminating, simple past and past participle terminated)
(transitive or intransitive) To end, especially in an incomplete state.
(transitive or intransitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
(transitive, euphemistic) To kill.
(transitive, euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
• (to end incompletely): discontinue, stop, break off
• (to kill): See also kill
• (to end the employment contract): axe, fire, sack; see also lay off
• (to end incompletely): continue
terminate (comparative more terminate, superlative most terminate)
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.
• Marinette, antimeter, intermate, tetramine, tretamine
Source: Wiktionary
Ter"mi*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Terminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Terminating.] Etym: [L. terminatus, p.p. of terminare. See Term.]
1. To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.
3. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect. During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art. J. S. Harford.
Ter"mi*nate, v. i.
1. To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.
2. To come to a limit in time; to end; to close. The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, terminate on zhis side heaven. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
