Dismiss and Terminate

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Dismiss

Dismiss verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

Usage example: the secretary was dismissed after it was discovered that she was stealing office supplies

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Terminate is a synonym for dismiss in responsibility topic. In some cases you can use "Terminate" instead a verb "Dismiss", when it comes to topics like keep, disband. popular alternative

Nearby Words: dismissed, dismissal, dismissive, dismissing, dismission

Terminate

Terminate verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

Usage example: he was terminated for constantly coming in to work late

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Dismiss is a synonym for terminate in keep topic. You can use "Dismiss" instead a verb "Terminate", if it concerns topics such as stop, disband. popular alternative

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

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Common collocations

relationship	dismiss relationship	terminate relationship
someone	dismiss someone	terminate someone
series	dismiss series	terminate series
show	dismiss show	terminate show
Other words: threat, existence, everyone, attempts.

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