|Origin:||, past participle of terminare, from terminus; TERM1|
1 [intransitive and transitive] formal if something terminates,
or if you terminate it, it ends [= end]: The court ruled that
the contract must be terminated. a woman's decision on whether
or not to terminate the pregnancy if a train, bus, or ship
terminates at a particular place, its journey ends there: The
train from Paris terminates at Waterloo.