terminate

verb

1. bring to an end or halt

   verb.change

   Examples

   The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I.

   Synonyms end

   Antonyms begin commence lead off start

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   verb.stative

   Examples

   The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed.

   Synonyms cease end finish stop

   Antonyms begin start

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

   verb.stative

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

   verb.social

   Examples

   The company terminated 25% of its workers.

   Synonyms can dismiss displace fire force out give notice give the axe give the sack sack send away

   Antonyms employ engage hire

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to <i>terminate</i> a surface by a line.

   verb

   Source: webster1913

6. To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone <i>terminates</i> at the tropics.

   verb

   Source: webster1913