terminate

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 4.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

verb To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
to terminate a process before its completion
verb To conclude.
verb To set or be a limit or boundary to.
to terminate a surface by a line
verb To form an appropriate end on (a wire, cable, hose, pipe, etc), such as by applying a cable terminal or a hose ferrule.
We'll rough them all in before we start terminating any of them.
verb To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
verb To kill someone or something.
The enemy must be terminated by any means possible.
verb To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
verb Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
This train terminates at the next station.