· 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"

Synonym(s): stop, finish, terminate, cease

Antonym(s): begin

· bring to an end or halt; "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"

Synonym(s): terminate

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

Antonym(s): begin, begin

· be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"

Synonym(s): terminate

Hypernym(s): be

· put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"

Hypernym(s): destroy, destruct

· having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

Synonym(s): complete, concluded, over, all_over, terminated