end; stop; finish; terminate; cease




have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

"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"

Antonym:
  • begin; start

Types:
  • pass away
  • lapse
  • cut out
  • go out
  • adjourn; recess; break up
  • vanish; disappear
  • culminate; climax
  • run out
  • run low; run short; go
  • vanish; disappear; go away
  • conclude; close
  • turn out; come out
  • discontinue
  • break


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