Terminate

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1. Verb

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.

2. Verb

To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.

3. Verb

Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.

4. Verb

To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.

5. Verb

To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
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