| verb | bring to an end or halt “She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime” |
| 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 “This sad scene ended the movie” |
| verb | terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position “The boss fired his secretary today” |
| adjective | having come or been brought to a conclusion “the harvesting was complete” |
| adjective | (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end |
| end | noun | a final state |
| ending | noun | the act of ending something |
| terminative | adjective | coming to an end |
| termination | noun | the act of ending something |
| finish | noun | event whose occurrence ends something |
| terminus | noun | a place where something ends or is complete |
| firing | noun | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
| dismissible | adjective | subject to dismissal |
| dismission | noun | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
| dismissal | noun | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
| sack | noun | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
| sacking | noun | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |