Terminate

  • 21terminate — ter|mi|nate [ tɜrmı,neıt ] verb intransitive or transitive FORMAL 1. ) if something terminates, or you terminate it, it ends or you stop it: The military operation was terminated in 1969. 2. ) to remove someone from a job. The more usual word is… …

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  • 22terminate in — have an end at (a specified place) or of (a specified form). → terminate …

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  • 23terminate — verb (I, T) formal if something terminates, or if you terminate it, it ends: His contract was terminated immediately they found out who he was …

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  • 24terminate — ter•mi•nate [[t]ˈtɜr məˌneɪt[/t]] v. nat•ed, nat•ing 1) to bring to an end; put an end to 2) to occur at or form the conclusion of 3) to bound or limit spatially; form or be situated at the extremity of 4) cvb to dismiss from a job; fire 5) to… …

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  • 25Terminate with extreme prejudice — is a euphemism (playing on the western expression termination with prejudice of an employment contract) used by Bernard Conners in his 1972 novel Don t Embarrass the Bureau [cite book|title=Don t Embarrass the Bureau|first=Bernard |last=Conners… …

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  • 26Terminate and Stay Resident — (TSR) is a computer system call in DOS computer operating systems that returns control to the system as if the program has quit, but keeps the program in memory. Many software vendors use the call to create the appearance of multitasking, by… …

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  • 27terminate and stay resident — see ↑TSR • • • Main Entry: ↑terminate …

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  • 28terminate a trial — index rest (end a legal case) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 29terminate business affairs — index liquidate (convert into cash) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 30terminate work — index strike (refuse to work) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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