definition of
terminate

[1] #1 terminate v. [end] 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". wn

[2] #2 terminate v. [end, stop, finish, cease] 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 end. wn

[3] #3 terminate v. [end] be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie". wn

[4] #4 terminate v. [displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack] terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers". wn