terminate

英['tɜːmɪneɪt] 美['tɝmɪnet]

1. bring to an end or halt;

"She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"

"The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWI"

2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;

"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"

"Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"

"My property ends by the bushes"

"The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;

"This sad scene ended the movie"

4. terminate the employment of;

"The boss fired his secretary today"

"The company terminated 25% of its workers"