Terminated
['tɝmə,net]
Definition
(adj.) (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Terminate
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Examples
- If Rose had--I cannot utter that word now--if this illness had terminated differently, how could you ever have forgiven yourself! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
 - A shower of tears terminated her sad harangue. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
 - A struggle then began in the courts, which on October 4, 1892, terminated in a decision by the United States Court of Appeals (Edison Electric Light Company vs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
 - It terminated like the former; though something approaching to a ray, we could not tell whence, shed a very doubtful twilight in the space. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
 - These canes are terminated by tubes of pipe-clay, to prevent their being burnt, and other bamboo canes conduct the gas intended for lighting the streets, and into large apartments and kitchens. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
 - For quite half an hour we descended and then the shaft terminated abruptly in the dome of a mighty subterranean world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
 - The moon of May has not yet terminated. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
 - And the interview then terminated, Mrs Yeobright returning homeward as she had come. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
 - This produced a settled gloom, which in time developed a morbid insanity, and finally terminated in raving madness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
 - He therefore terminated the entertainment at the end of the third bottle. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
 - The lesson to which we had that day to submit was such as to make us very glad when it terminated. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
 - A crabbed dialogue terminated in my being called une petite moqueuse et sans-coeur, and in Monsieur's temporary departure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
 - You already know what she was, and how my liaison with her terminated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
 - The course terminated, and Mr. Pumblechook had begun to beam under the genial influence of gin and water. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
 - Where the hempen string terminated a key was fastened. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
 - But now he is terminated. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
 - Cairo was to become my headquarters when the expedition terminated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
 - By the time that exercise was terminated, day had fully dawned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
 - This also was opened, and led down a flight of winding stone steps, which terminated at another formidable gate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
 - You have terminated already? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
 - In the beginning of April following, he was attacked with a fever and complaint of his breast, which terminated his existence. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
 - The laugh was repeated in its low, syllabic tone, and terminated in an odd murmur. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
 - Thus terminated in disaster what promised to be the most successful assault of the campaign. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
 - He is a functionary whose existence, in the natural course of things, would have terminated about two hundred years ago. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
 - Though all her mental struggles terminated in this conclusion, they forced themselves upon her, again and again, and left their traces too. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
 - Hence, after gusts, distant objects appear distinct, their figures sharply terminated. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
 - The ridge occupied by the enemy terminated abruptly where the ravine turns westerly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
 - The bridge is terminated. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
 - You 'fairly acknowledge that the late war terminated quite contrary to your expectation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
 - The brakes of furze and fern terminated abruptly round the margin, and the grass was unbroken. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
 
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