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ender

ender

14 7.4
Someone or something that stops an event
  • noun
  • /ˈɛndər/
translation icon : algo que pone fin a
  • Some movies are career-enders.
  • tail-enders
  • top-enders

You know, we've spoken an awful lot about starting things, but how can guys be good Enders?

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Examples

  • Letters of reprimand are seen as career-enders because they typically prevent further promotions.

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  • The Thanagarian pod beast is a world devourer, a planet ender.

  • I, I've been around a lot of executives and a lot of partners who would use something like this as a day ender, as I call it.

  • The referee is the ender of the match, signaling its conclusion with the final whistle.

  • The project manager announced that the budget cuts would be the ender of the team's plans for expansion.

  • As the final credits rolled, the movie became an ender for the beloved film series, leaving fans in tears.

Synonyms

terminator
vsender
  • Specialized
41 5.6

A person or thing that ends an activity like a project

is broader and means ending without necessarily forcing a stop
capper
vsender
1 7.6

A last thing that finishes a series of events

applies more widely to ending, not only to topping off a series
completer
vsender
1 4.3

A person who finishes tasks and leaves nothing unfinished

is more general, meaning to bring something to an end overall

Antonyms

10 5.5

A person who starts a plan or action

Surface Forms

ender singular
enders plural

Morphology

ender = end (transparent) = end + er

The word is transparently formed by adding the agentive suffix '-er' to 'end', meaning one that brings something to a close.

Etymology

Ender comes from the simple word end ('finish') plus the ending -er ('one who does'), like in teacher. So an ender is a person or thing that 'brings something to an end'.