terminate 1

verbdomain: change

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

bring to an end or halt

Examples

1.She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
2.The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I

Derivationally related form

adjective

coming to an end

noun

the act of ending something

Hyponym

verb

terminate

verb

cause to finish a relationship with somebody

verb

terminate before completion

verb

bring to a head or to the highest point

verb

put an end to

Cause

verb

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

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