Definition of "Terminate" :

verb: bring to an end or halt

"The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I."

verb: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

"The company terminated 25% of its workers."

verb: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

"The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed."

verb: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of