terminate

1. causes: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • close out - terminate
   • finish - cause to finish a relationship with somebody
   • abort - terminate before completion
   • culminate - bring to a head or to the highest point
   • lift, raise - put an end to
   • ax, axe - terminate
   • kill, stamp out - end or extinguish by forceful means
   • break up, dissolve - come to an end
   • break up, dissolve - bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
   • break, break off, discontinue, stop - prevent completion
   • break, interrupt - terminate
   • crush out, extinguish, press out, stub out - extinguish by crushing
   • finalise, finalize, nail down, settle - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
   • complete, finish - come or bring to a finish or an end
   • closure, cloture - terminate debate by calling for a vote
   • adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle - bring to an end; settle conclusively
   • conclude - bring to a close
   • close - complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
   • phase out - terminate gradually
   • close - finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
   same as: end
2. subtypes:

   • pass away - go out of existence
   • lapse - end, at least for a long time
   • cut out - cease operating
   • go out - become extinguished
   • adjourn, break up, recess - close at the end of a session
   • disappear, vanish - cease to exist
   • climax, culminate - end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
   • run out - become used up; be exhausted
   • go, run low, run short - to be spent or finished
   • disappear, go away, vanish - become invisible or unnoticeable
   • close, conclude - come to a close
   • come out, turn out - result or end
   • discontinue - come to or be at an end
   • break - come to an end
   same as: cease, end, finish, stop
3. is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
   subtypes: close - cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
   same as: end
4. is a type of: remove - remove from a position or an office
   subtypes:

   • retire - make (someone) retire
   • pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension
   • clean out - force out
   • furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons
   • squeeze out - force out
   • dismiss, drop, send away, send packing - stop associating with
   same as: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away

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