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Terminate

Verb

Définitions

1.VerbTo end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
"to terminate a process before its completion; to terminate an effort, or a controversy"
2.VerbTo conclude.
3.VerbTo set or be a limit or boundary to.
"to terminate a surface by a line"
4.VerbTo form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule.
"We'll rough them all in before we start terminating any of them."
5.VerbTo end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
6.VerbTo kill someone or something.
"The enemy must be terminated by any means possible."
7.VerbTo end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
8.VerbOf a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
"This train terminates at the next station."
9.VerbTo issue or result.
10.AdjectiveTerminated; limited; bounded; ended.
11.AdjectiveHaving a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
"Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth."
12.AdjectiveExpressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
"One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal."
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