TERMINATED Synonyms: 190 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in finished

brought or having come to an end there is an effort to restart the terminated negotiations

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verb

past tense of terminate

as in ended

to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point we need to terminate the discussion for this evening, but we'll resume tomorrow morning

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as in concluded

to come to an end this class will terminate with the arrival of Memorial Day

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as in defined

to mark the limits of terminated the area set aside for the runners to change their clothes with a series of folding screens

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as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately the operative's covert mission was to terminate the leader of the opposition

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as in removed

to let go from office, service, or employment he was terminated for constantly coming in to work late

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Recent Examples of terminated

Adjective

Some of the administration’s attempts to cancel research grants that focused on topics like gender, diversity, equity and inclusion have been reversed, but roughly 1,240 grants remain terminated, according to a tracking project called Grant Witness. —

Aria Bendix, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026

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Overall, the district would have spent more than $3 million of taxpayer money on all of the Education Accelerated contracts — excluding travel expenses — if they had not been terminated last month, documents show. —

Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026 The city terminated the contract last year, with officials stepping in to take direct control as the city worked to rebuild its management structure. —

Aria Jones, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026 The Pima County Sheriff’s Department also confirmed Reynolds’ employment has been terminated. —

Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2026 The city this week terminated multiple employees within its Technology Services Department, including senior leadership. —

Chaya Tong, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026 After the administration took action against Anthropic, Lin noted, federal agencies aside from the Pentagon quickly terminated their use of Claude, endangering its lucrative public sector business. —

Joe Walsh, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026 He was terminated after an investigation. —

Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026 But Sony said that, during a certain time frame, Cox terminated only 32 accounts, a contrast to the hundreds of thousands of accounts dropped for non-payment, and failed to act. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026 In a statement, the company said the two employees are on administrative leave and the relationship with the contractor has been terminated, effective immediately. —

Tom Winter, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for terminated

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The scene didn’t make it into the finished movie, which meant the scene of Sonny at the game lost its point.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
The finished structure contains microscopic channels that allow heat to move efficiently while withstanding harsh operating environments.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026