terminate

Meanings

• bring to an end or halt
  • "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
  • "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"
• be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  • "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

Synonyms

can, cease, dismiss, displace, end, finish, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, stop