TERMINATES Synonyms: 160 Similar and Opposite Words

terminates

verb

present tense third-person singular of terminate

as in ends

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 ceases

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

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as in defines

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 assassinates

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

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as in removes

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 terminates When a glacier terminates in a lake, the warmth of the water can speed up the ice’s melting, making the glacier flow faster, thin and retreat, thereby expanding the size of the lake. —

Dan McGrath, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026 And while the three-way zipper design provides great access to the main packbag, the central zip terminates underneath the toplid. —

Corey Buhay, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026 The elevator services the lobby on the 5th floor and terminates at the reception desk. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026 It is located out where little else is — at Sunrise Boulevard and Flamingo Road, just before Sunrise terminates at the Sawgrass Expressway. —

Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026 The repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding effectively terminates the greenhouse gas standards that governed automakers for more than a decade and a half. —

Julian Torres, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026 In separate interviews this month, both lawmakers defended their stance opposing the Iroquois project by pointing out that the pipeline’s owners plan to use the new capacity to sell more gas to utilities in New York, where the pipeline terminates after crossing under Long Island Sound. —

John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026 In a 2014 study published in the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers reported that people with SAD had 5% more SERT, a protein that terminates serotonin signals, in the winter than in the summer. —

Caroline Tien, SELF, 15 Jan. 2026 If the Senate terminates the filibuster procedure, debate on legislation would be limited. —

George Petras, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

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Catcher Austin Wells capped the game with a three-run home run in the seventh inning to enact the World Baseball Classic’s mercy rule, which ends the game when a team is up by 10 or more runs after seven innings.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Randy Smith’s consecutive game streak ends at 906 games, the longest in NBA history.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026