Drop
Drop verb - To stop doing (something) permanently.
Usage example: isn't it time you dropped that smoking habit and spent your money on better things?
Terminate is a synonym for drop in quit topic. In some cases you can use "Terminate" instead a verb "Drop", when it comes to topics like abandon, keep, discontinue.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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I Cannot Self-Terminate: As a nod to the second film, when Katherine Brewster (whom, unbeknownst to herself and the audience at that point, the T-850 must obey), says "Drop dead, you A**HOLE," the T-850 responds: "I am unable to comply." I Have Boobs, You Must Obey!
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