usage: 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"
2. end, terminate, change, alter, modify
usage: 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"
3. end, terminate, be
usage: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
4. end, destroy, destruct
usage: put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
usage: having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"