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1
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
- I've reached the termination of my patience with you kids
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2
the act of ceasing to exist
- feels that the voluntary termination of one's life should be left entirely up to the patient
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- alpha,
- beginning,
- birth,
- commencement,
- creation,
- dawn,
- genesis,
- inception,
- incipience,
- incipiency,
- launch,
- morning,
- onset,
- outset,
- start
3
the stopping of a process or activity
- at the termination of the movie, please throw away any empty food containers in the appropriate bins
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- arrest,
- arrestment,
- cease,
- cessation,
- check,
- close,
- closedown,
- closure,
- conclusion,
- cutoff,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- end,
- ending,
- expiration,
- finish,
- halt,
- lapse,
- offset,
- shutdown,
- shutoff,
- stay,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- surcease
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“Termination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/termination. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.
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