to terminate
90
5.5
- verb
- /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪt/
- Formal
:
despedir
- The company decided to terminate his employment due to repeated performance issues.
- terminate an employee
- terminate employment
- employer can terminate
When employment was terminated early, the plaintiff sued for breach of contract.
- When employment was terminated early, the plaintiff sued for breach of contract.
- It's shocking and the Democrats should be standing on their heads calling for every single one of these people to be impeached, terminated.
- Make no mistake, if you do terminate them, the odds are high that they will pursue some sort of wrongful termination lawsuit.
Examples
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After years of stressful litigation, Father Curran was eventually terminated by the University.
Academic text (1991) -
The case involved a secretary whose job was terminated without just cause.
Academic text (1996) -
You never terminate somebody because it's not fair.
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- They tried to terminate me.
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CBS should terminate his contract and pick almost anyone right off the street who would do better and for far less money.
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You do have the option to terminate the tenants lease without cause.
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My records say he was terminated almost two months ago.
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The charter agreement was also terminated, and the ship was sold to another third party.
Academic text (2017) -
I terminated two troublesome employees.
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It's my client's position that Mr. Burton violated the professionalism clause of his contract, which is why he was terminated.
Synonyms
∞
1.5
To move something or someone away from a place
∞
2.8
To officially make someone leave their job
852
3.8
To stop employing someone so they lose their job
236
3.0
To force someone to leave a place, job, or group
140
5.5
To make a person leave their usual place or job
100
4.4
Officially release someone from a duty, job, or responsibility
87
3.3
Stop employing someone because the company cannot afford them, not because of bad work
70
3.3
To remove someone from their job
46
4.4
To make someone leave a job by pressure or threats
43
3.0
Make someone leave a job or group because of a problem
37
3.5
To make someone leave their job
33
7.7
To fire someone from their job in informal speech
15
5.8
Force someone to leave a job or organization suddenly
12
7.4
To stop someone from working at their job, usually because of bad work or behavior
2
4.1
Formally tell an employee that their job will end
1
5.2
To make someone leave their job, often as punishment or during job cuts
To stop employing someone, often suddenly as punishment
To tell someone they must leave their job
To suddenly end someone's job or a relationship, often without warning
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
End a computer or website connection when you finish using it
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
terminate = term (semi-transparent) = termin + ate
The employment sense ('end someone's employment') is a direct extension of 'bring to an end' from the base 'term' + '-ate', but relies on understanding 'term' as 'end' and the formal verb-forming suffix.
Etymology
Terminate in the job sense comes from the same Latin terminus meaning 'end'. So to terminate someone's employment is to 'bring their job to an end', like a bus route that stops at a terminal.