verb
- Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
- usage: "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"
- Bring to an end or halt.
- usage: "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"
- Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of.
- usage: "This sad scene ended the movie"
- Put an end to.
- usage: "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
- synonyms: end
adjective
- Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
- usage: "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
- synonyms: complete, concluded, over, all over, terminated
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