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English

Etymology

terminate + -ed

Verb

terminated

te:terminated vi:terminated tr:terminated

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Terminate \Ter"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Terminated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Terminating.] [L. terminatus, p. p. of
terminare. See Term.]
1. To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or
side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by
a line.
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2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an
effort, or a controversy.
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3. Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to
completion; to perfect.
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During this interval of calm and prosperity, he
[Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves,
destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of
art. --J. S.
Harford.
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WordNet terminated
adj 1: having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting
was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished";
"the abruptly terminated interview" [syn: complete,
concluded, ended, over(p), all over]
2: (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end

Moby Dictionary
SOL , all bets off , all off , all over , all up , at an end , canceled ,
cleaned up , complete , completed , concluded , dead , decided , defunct ,
deleted , done , done for , done with , down , ended , expunged , extinct ,
fini , finished , finished up , kaput , over , perfected , perfective ,
set at rest , settled , shot , through , through with , washed up ,
wiped out , wound up , wrapped up , zapped