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Definition of terminating : of Terminate

Synonyms:

dying, passing away, capping, wrapping up, expiring, deceasing, checkmating, winding up, exiting, passing on

final, complete, terminal, last

finalizing, finishing, accomplishing, arriving, executing, achieving, filling, consummating, completing, graduating, concluding, integrating, unifying, fulfilling

desisting, ceasing, pausing, interrupting, closing, breaking, refraining, halting, remitting, staying, stopping, suspending, culminating, ending, discontinuing, abandoning, quitting

bounding, edging, confining, edge, zenith, constraining, bordering, utmost, extreme, restraining, maximum, restricting, rimming, limiting

freezing, holding

rejecting, accepting, vacating, renouncing, surrendering, resigning, disclaiming, retiring, relinquishing, abdicating, withdrawing

Usage examples:

• But the thing about clinical trials was, there always had to be a compelling, fully explained reason for terminating a test subject. - "Syndrome", Thomas Hoover.
• The eastern shore bounded by the lofty plains of Tennessee and Mississippi terminating at times in precipitous bluffs afforded a great contrast to the flat lands of the western bank. - "A Daughter of the Union", Lucy Foster Madison.
• On Easter- day, Suarez wrote a long and touching letter to him, in which he proved by unanswerable arguments, that his highness did not take the proper means of terminating the affair favourably. - "The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.", Juan Antonio Llorente.