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terminatory

American  
[tur-muh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈtɜr mə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

  1. pertaining to or forming the extremity or boundary; terminal; terminating.

Etymology

Origin of terminatory

First recorded in 1750–60; terminate + -ory 1

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The coast has a singular configuration beyond the Morro de Tigua, the terminatory point of the group of little mountains which rise like islands from the plain.

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