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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Heather Santee said the power at her bakery was abruptly terminated just ahead of Valentine's Day. —

CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026 Heather Santee said the power at her bakery was abruptly terminated just ahead of Valentine’s Day. —

Margie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026 Fox terminated O’Reilly in April 2017. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026 Heather Santee said the power at her bakery was abruptly terminated just ahead of Valentine’s Day. —

ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026 Strikes are only legal if a bargaining agreement has expired or terminated, and CTU is currently mid-contract with a no-strike clause in place, King wrote. —

Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 Following his arrest, Federline was terminated, Moccio said. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 The budget overview released by the White House on Friday does not identify which missions would be terminated, other than Mars Sample Return, which was already effectively canceled last year due to cost overruns. —

Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026 Elias terminated diversion in those cases. —

Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

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Each visit might bring a new mural in progress, a different artist at work, or a finished piece just hung on the wall.

— Carl Juste, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
More than 90% of China-ASEAN trade is in industrial intermediates rather than finished goods, and intra-regional FDI flows now represent roughly half of the FDI stock within the ASEAN+3 region, according to AMRO.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026