Terminate and Wait

Terminate

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

Wait and terminate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wait" instead a verb "Terminate".

Wait

Wait verb - To remain in place in readiness or expectation of something.

Terminate and wait are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Terminate" instead a verb "Wait".

Nearby Words: waited, waiting, waiter

Common collocations

scene terminate scene wait scene
command terminate command wait command
game terminate game wait game

Both words in one sentence

  • His angry reaction (they had agreed to wait a while before having children) made her decide to terminate the pregnancy, only for Nick to barge into the exam room and talk her out of it.
  • In a chilling scene, Felix reveals he was never the heroes' friend and can't wait to terminate them, and has no problem with dropping a nuke on innocent civilians.
  • Worse, some of the sites that don't cache, if you pause the video in order to wait for it to catch up, terminate the connection for waiting too long.
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