terminate

(verb) bring to an end or halt. Synonyms: end. Examples: "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."

(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. Synonyms: end, stop, finish, cease. Examples: "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."

(verb) be the end of; be the last or concluding part of. Synonyms: end. Example: "This sad scene ended the movie."

(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. Synonyms: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack. Examples: "The boss fired his secretary today." "The company terminated 25% of its workers."