termination

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
terminate/ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/

▶verb

• 1 bring to an end.

  ■ end (a pregnancy) before term by artificial means.

  ■ (of a train or bus service) end its journey.

• 2 (terminate in) have an end at (a specified place) or of (a specified form).

• 3 chiefly N. Amer. end the employment of.

• 4 euphemistic, chiefly N. Amer. assassinate (someone).

• 5 archaic form the physical end or extremity of (an area).

– phrases
terminate someone with extreme prejudice euphemistic, chiefly US murder someone.

– derivatives
termination noun,
terminational adjective.

– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as termination): from L. terminat-, terminare ‘limit, end’, from terminus ‘end, boundary’.