terminates

1. bring to an end or haltExamples: "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"Synonyms: end, terminateAntonyms: begin

2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphoricalExamples: "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"Synonyms: cease, end, finish, stop, terminateAntonyms: begin

3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part ofExamples: "This sad scene ended the movie"Synonyms: end, terminate

4. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or positionExamples: "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sackAntonyms: hire