Word

terminate, v.
(terminated, terminates, terminating)
freq. cnt. 10

bring to an end or halt
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 37 freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 8

end terminate

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s moving

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They won't %s the story

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ending end end end end

antonym

begin begin

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

terminative termination

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

hyponym

cause

end, finish, cease, terminate, stop

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 70 freq. cnt.: 53 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

cease end finish stop terminate

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

end end end end end end end end

antonym

begin

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

finish finish finish

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

terminative terminus

semantic pointers

hyponym

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

terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1

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