Meaning & use
terminal
Relating to, or forming, an end or final stage, especially of a fatal illness.
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The doctors explained that his illness had reached a terminal stage.
Analysts described the company's decline as terminal, with no realistic path to recovery.
A note on using this word
In medicine, "terminal" specifically implies an illness expected to lead to death, not merely a serious one.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A building or area where passengers arrive, depart, or transfer between vehicles, such as at an airport.
We waited in the terminal for nearly two hours before our flight finally boarded.
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