Definition of terminates

"terminates" in the verb sense

1. end, terminate

bring to an end or halt

"She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"

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

2. end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

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

"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"

"Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"

"My property ends by the bushes"

"The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

3. end, terminate

be the end of be the last or concluding part of

"This sad scene ended the movie"

4. displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate

terminate the employment of discharge from an office or position

"The boss fired his secretary today"

"The company terminated 25% of its workers"

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Quotations for terminates

Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul. [ John Flavel ]

terminates in Scrabble®

The word terminates is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters terminates:

TERMINATES
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (78 words)

aeriest, antsier, arenite, artiest, artsmen, attires, earnest, eastern, emirate, emitter, entreat, entries, inmates, instate, iratest, itemset, iterate, marines, martens, martins, matinee, matters, meanest, meanies, meatier, metrise, metrist, minaret, minters, mittens, nastier, natters, nattier, nearest, neatest, netters, nitrate, raiment, reemits, remains, remates, remines, remints, renames, restain, restate, retains, retaste, reteams, retimes, retinas, retints, seamier, seminar, seriate, seriema, sirname, smarten, smartie, smatter, smitten, stainer, steamer, sterane, straint, striate, tastier, teatime, tenters, tentier, termite, ternate, testier, tinters, trainee, transit, triaene, trienes

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word terminates

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In terminates

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terminates in Words With Friends™

The word terminates is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters terminates:

TERMINATES
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (78 words)

aeriest, antsier, arenite, artiest, artsmen, attires, earnest, eastern, emirate, emitter, entreat, entries, inmates, instate, iratest, itemset, iterate, marines, martens, martins, matinee, matters, meanest, meanies, meatier, metrise, metrist, minaret, minters, mittens, nastier, natters, nattier, nearest, neatest, netters, nitrate, raiment, reemits, remains, remates, remines, remints, renames, restain, restate, retains, retaste, reteams, retimes, retinas, retints, seamier, seminar, seriate, seriema, sirname, smarten, smartie, smatter, smitten, stainer, steamer, sterane, straint, striate, tastier, teatime, tenters, tentier, termite, ternate, testier, tinters, trainee, transit, triaene, trienes

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word terminates

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In terminates

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(234)
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(162)
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