v. |
[1] |
terminate
,
conclude
,
bring to an end
,
stop
,
halt
,
cease
,
wind up/down
,
settle
,
put an end to
,
discontinue
,
break off
,
cut off
,
close
,
finish
,
culminate
,
end up
,
(Brit) put paid to
,
die (out)
,
expire
,
climax
,
peter out
,
vanish
|
[2] |
kill
,
put to death
,
annihilate
,
exterminate
,
terminate
,
extinguish
,
destroy
,
ruin
|
[3] |
surpass
,
outdo
,
outclass
,
outshine
,
outstrip
,
supersede
|
[4] |
stop
,
finish
,
terminate
,
cease
|
[5] |
terminate
|
[6] |
terminate
|
|
n. |
[1] |
terminal
,
extremity
,
extreme
,
extent
,
bound
,
boundary
,
tip
,
limit
,
terminus
|
[2] |
close
,
ending
,
termination
,
conclusion
,
cessation
,
expiration
,
finish
,
completion
,
finale
,
ending
,
wind-up
,
denouement/d
,
nouement
|
[3] |
aim
,
last
,
final stage
,
purpose
,
intention
,
intent
,
objective
,
object
,
goal
,
point
,
reason
,
destination
,
motive
,
motivation
,
aspiration
|
[4] |
consequence
,
goal
,
result
,
outcome
,
effect
,
upshot
|
[5] |
destruction
,
death
,
ruin
,
extermination
,
annihilation
,
death
,
termination
,
conclusion
|
[6] |
at a loose end/(US/Canadian) at loose ends
,
destruction
,
death
,
unsettled
,
unoccupied
,
unemployed
,
uncommitted
,
undecided
,
indecisive
,
ambivalent
,
vacillating
,
purposeless
,
aimless
,
adrift
,
drifting
,
betwixt and between
,
neither here nor there
|
[7] |
on end
,
upright
,
erect
,
standingcontinuously
,
uninterruptedly
,
unceasingly
,
incessantly
,
consecutively
|
[8] |
the end
,
the worst
,
the last straw
,
the final blow
,
(Colloq) the limit
,
too muchthe best
,
the greatest
|
[9] |
conclusion
,
close
,
closing
,
ending
|
[10] |
remainder
,
remnant
,
oddment
|
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