Definition of 'terminate'

Verb

1. 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
      Antonyms: begin lead off start commence get down begin get start out start set about set out commence
2. 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: end stop finish cease
      Antonyms: begin start
3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
      Synonyms: end
4. terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
      Synonyms: fire give notice can dismiss give the axe send away sack force out give the sack
      Antonyms: hire engage employ

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