Meaning & use
terminated
Brought to an end, or, of an employee, dismissed from a job.
See it in a sentence
His contract was terminated after only three months due to budget cuts.
The negotiations were terminated when both sides refused to compromise.
A note on using this word
Terminated is a formal, often clinical way to say someone was fired or something was ended, common in business and legal contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
endeddismissed
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Words with an opposite meaning
renewedcontinued
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