terminate
verb (used with object)
to bring to an end; put an end to.
was terminating
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past progressiveof terminate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In November, CarMax said it was terminating its chief executive, Bill Nash, and naming board member David McCreight interim chief executive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Two days later, the tenant notified Fermi that it was terminating the November agreement for the $150 million funding commitment.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
Earlier this month, Microsoft said that it was terminating 3% of staff, or about 6,000 workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2025
In December, the Maldivian government said it was terminating a bilateral agreement with India that permitted Delhi to collaborate in mapping the seabed in Maldivian territorial waters.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2024
The diet was terminating at Ratisbonne, and it had just struck a fatal blow at the imperial cause.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Robert Black
