▪ (of a thing) have its end at (a specified place) or of (a specified form): "the chain terminated in an iron ball covered with spikes"
▪ (of a train, bus, or boat service) end its journey: "the train will terminate at Stratford"Similarend its journeyfinish upstop
▪ end (a pregnancy) before term by artificial means.Similarabortend
▪ end the employment of (someone); dismiss: "Adamson's putting pressure on me to terminate you"
▪ assassinate (someone, especially an intelligence agent): "he was terminated by persons unknown"
▪ form the physical end or extremity of (an area).
Word Originlate 16th century (in the sense ‘direct an action towards a specified end’): from Latin terminat- ‘limited, ended’, from the verb terminare, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.