terminate

verb

to bring to an end; to stop
to cause to cease employment; to fire

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɝmɪnət/ / /ˈtɜːmɪnət/ / /ˈtɜːmɪneɪ̯t/ / /ˈtɝmɪneɪ̯t/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English terminat(e) (“bounded”, also used as the past participle of terminaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
“Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.”
Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
“One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English terminaten (“to bring to an end; to adjudicate; to end, stop; to border, confine, contain”) from terminat(e) (“bounded”, also used as the past participle of terminaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin terminātus, perfect passive participle of terminō (“to set bounds to, bound, limit, end, close, terminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from terminus (“a bound, limit, end”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see term, terminus. Doublet of termine, cognate with French terminer.

To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
“to terminate a process before its completion”
“to terminate an effort, or a controversy”
To conclude.
To set or be a limit or boundary to.
“to terminate a surface by a line”
To form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule.
“We'll rough them all in before we start terminating any of them.”
To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
To kill someone or something.
“The enemy must be terminated by any means possible.”
To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
“She unlocked the casket which contained her mother's picture, and gazed even more earnestly than usual on that beautiful face; its frank, glad smile was too painful; it seemed an omen of all that could make a joyous and beloved existence; and yet how had her's terminated!”
Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
“This train terminates at the next station.”
“It is a branch that climbs for 11½ miles into the picturesque Wealden hills until, apparently exhausted by the effort, it terminates a mile short of the village of Hawkhurst.”
To issue or result.