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/tˈərmənˌeɪtəd/ /tˈərmənˌeɪtɪd/ Listen

Terminated

adjective

1.

Having come or been brought to a conclusion. Synonyms: all over, complete, concluded, ended, over. "The affair is over, ended, finished" , "The abruptly terminated interview"

2.

(of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end.

Terminate

verb

(past & past part. terminated; pres. part. terminating)

1.

Bring to an end or halt. Synonym: end. "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

2.

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. Synonyms: cease, end, finish, stop. "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other" , "My property ends by the bushes" , "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

3.

Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of. Synonym: end.

4.

Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away. "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

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"Terminated" Quotes from Famous Books

... Scott, and other officers, go far towards clearing up the hitherto doubtful points in regard to operations on the Brooklyn side. There is not a little, also, that throws light on the retreat to New York; while material of value has been unearthed respecting events which terminated in the capture of the city by the British. Considerable space has been devoted to the preparations made by both sides for the campaign, but as the nature of those preparations illustrates the very great importance attached to the struggle that was to come, it may not ...

— The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn • Henry P. Johnston

... this tension terminated by the return of Calton to Roanoke Ledge, a convalescent man. A very pretty watch and chain afterward were received by Miss Trotter, with a few lines expressing the gratitude of the ex-patient. Mr. Bilson was highly delighted, ...

— From Sand Hill to Pine • Bret Harte

... medicines which occupy so large a space in the advertising columns of our newspapers. The book was put authoritatively upon the market, and, as I understand, was advertised in all the leading papers. When the paid-for advertisements terminated not a single paper would renew the contract. The holders of those quack medicines and patents had found means to shut down (so far as the advertising of it was concerned) a scientific work which threatened to diminish their profits. That is why ...

— King John of Jingalo - The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties • Laurence Housman

... between the disputants, as the cock, in all its bronze and golden splendor, marched up and down the yard, until the argument between the two men terminated in a quarrel so violent that half-a-dozen neighbors came in to see what was the matter. It ended in Bob O' Tims insisting that he would take the matter into court. He was as good as his word, and the next time that the bench met, Bob O' ...

— Golden Stories - A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers • Various

... this melancholy episode, and as a veil was drawn over me at the time, I will also draw a veil over what immediately ensued. My visit to my uncle's terminated that day, and a few weeks later I saw in the paper that he had been fined L5—for an assault committed by one of ...

— Parkhurst Boys - And Other Stories of School Life • Talbot Baines Reed

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