terminate
/tɜrmə,neɪt/
verb
9 letters3 syllables11 points in Scrabble®13 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
VERB
1
Bring to an end or halt.
“The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I”
2
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of.
3
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
“The company terminated 25% of its workers”
4
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
“the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”
WORD FORMS
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®11 points
Words With Friends®13 points
Double word22 points
Triple word33 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinerminatetay
Starts & ends withT … E
Syllablester · mi · nate
SYNONYMS & RELATED17
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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