terminate in WordNet English dictionary

1. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
   "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
   displace  fire  give notice  can  dismiss  give the axe  send away  sack  force out  give the sack  terminate 
   
2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
   "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
   end  stop  finish  terminate  cease 
   
3. bring to an end or halt
   "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
   end  terminate 
   
4. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
   "This sad scene ended the movie"
   end  terminate