Cancel and Terminate

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Cancel

Cancel verb - To put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to).

Usage example: please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it

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Terminate is a synonym for cancel in abolish topic. In some cases you can use "Terminate" instead a verb "Cancel", when it comes to topics like scrap, disband, revoke.

Nearby Words: canceled, cancellation, canceling, cancelling, cancelled

Terminate

Terminate verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.

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Cancel is a synonym for terminate in abolish topic. You can use "Cancel" instead a verb "Terminate", if it concerns topics such as scrap, stop, disband, revoke.

Nearby Words: terminal, termination, terminated, terminating, terminable

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animation	cancel animation	terminate animation
project	cancel project	terminate project
operation	cancel operation	terminate operation
contract	cancel contract	terminate contract
Other words: series, show, command, game, program, mission, contracts.

Both words in one sentence

If it was lost, reformatted or damaged you were out of luck because there was no way to cancel out of that dialog box and no way to terminate it without terminating Explorer.

Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming
This prompted her to refuse to visit the studio the weekend of her eventual firing, and that line-crossing led to network executives to cancel her show and terminate her contract.

Source: Role Ending Misdemeanor

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Terminate and Cancel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/terminate

Cancel & Terminate. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/terminate>.

Terminate or Cancel. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/terminate.

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