Synonyms: break, break off, stop, discontinue
Definition: prevent completion
Usage: stop the project; break off the negotiations
Definition: bring to an end or halt
Usage: 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
Synonyms: discontinue
Definition: come to or be at an end
Usage: the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31
Similar words: cease, stop, terminate, finish, end
Definition: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Usage: 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