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
Related formtermination
Related formterminative
Related formterminus
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Triple word33 points
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Pig Latinerminatetay
Starts & ends withT … E
Syllablester · mi · nate
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