Dictionary definition · terminate
verb
- bring to an end or halt"She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of"This sad scene ended the movie"
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position"The boss fired his secretary today"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).