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English to English verb
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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
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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
source: wordnet30
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be the end of; be the last or concluding part of | | Example: This sad scene ended the movie
source: wordnet30
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terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | | Example: The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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