Terminated

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "terminated":
     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