terminate
verb
[ ˈtəːmɪneɪt ]
• bring to an end.
• "he was advised to terminate the contract"
Similar:
bring to an end,
end,
bring to a close/conclusion,
close,
conclude,
finish,
stop,
put an end to,
put a stop to,
wind up,
discontinue,
break off,
cease,
cut short,
bring to an untimely end,
abort,
axe,
pull the plug on,
• (of a thing) have its end at (a specified place) or of (a specified form).
• "the chain terminated in an iron ball covered with spikes"
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘direct an action towards a specified end’): from Latin terminat- ‘limited, ended’, from the verb terminare, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.
