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end
noun as in extreme, limit
noun as in completion, stop
Strongest matches
closure, conclusion, finish, issue, outcome, resolution, result, retirement
Strong matches
accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, cease, cessation, close, closing, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, fulfillment, omega, payoff, perfection, realization, target, termination, terminus, upshot, wind-up
Weak matches
noun as in intention, aim
noun as in leftover part
noun as in death, destruction
Strong matches
annihilation, dissolution, doom, expiration, extermination, extinction, passing, ruin, ruination
verb as in bring to an end
Strongest matches
achieve, break up, cease, close, complete, conclude, culminate, delay, drop, expire, finish, give up, halt, play out, quit, resolve, settle, stop, terminate, wind up, wrap up
Strong matches
abolish, abort, accomplish, consummate, crown, determine, discontinue, dissolve, interrupt, perorate, postpone, relinquish, ultimate, wrap
Weak matches
break off, call it a day, call off, close out, cut short, dispose of, get done, pack it in, pull the plug, put the lid on, sew up, shut down, switch off, top off
verb as in die or kill
Strong matches
abolish, annihilate, depart, desist, exterminate, extinguish, lapse, ruin, wane
Weak matches
Example Sentences
If science tried to be efficient, if it refused to replicate, we would end up only with observations and correlations.
This is, in the end, more efficient than the alternative.
The bill, which was published this week, would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to seek help to end their life.
The first vote on the issue will take place in the Commons at the end of the month.
Their task at the start was to “give certain rules to our language, to render it pure and eloquent” – to which end they set about writing their first dictionary.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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