terminate - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

bring to an end or halt

Synonyms

• end
• terminate

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

More specific

• abort
• adjudicate
• ax
• axe
• break
• break off
• break up
• close
• close out
• closure
• cloture
• complete
• conclude
• crush out
• culminate
• decide
• discontinue
• dissolve
• extinguish
• finalise
• finalize
• finish
• interrupt
• kill
• lift
• nail down
• phase out
• press out
• raise
• resolve
• settle
• stamp out
• stop
• stub out

Related

• cease
• end
• finish
• stop
• terminate

Verb

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
• terminate

More generic

• remove

More specific

• clean out
• dismiss
• drop
• furlough
• lay off
• pension off
• retire
• send away
• send packing
• squeeze out

Verb

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

Synonyms

• cease
• end
• finish
• stop
• terminate

More specific

• adjourn
• break
• break up
• climax
• close
• come out
• conclude
• culminate
• cut out
• disappear
• discontinue
• go
• go away
• go out
• lapse
• pass away
• recess
• run low
• run out
• run short
• turn out
• vanish

Verb

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

Synonyms

• end
• terminate

More generic

• be

More specific

• close

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