#termination__ending__conclusion  the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
  supertype:  change_of_state  the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
  subtype:  demonetization__demonetisation  ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country
  subtype:  tone_ending__release  (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
     subtype:  plosion  the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
  subtype:  windup__completion__culmination__mop_up__mopup  a concluding action
     subtype:  finish.windup__finishing  the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"
        subtype:  finale__close__closing_curtain__closingcurtain__finis__fini  the concluding part of any performance
     subtype:  finalization__finalisation  the act of finalizing
     subtype:  follow-through  carrying something to full completion; "I appreciated his follow-through on his promise"
     subtype:  graduation  the successful completion of a program of study
  subtype:  retirement  withdrawal from your position or occupation
     subtype:  hibernation  the act of retiring into inactivity; "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"
     subtype:  rustication.retirement  the action of retiring to and living in the country
  subtype:  relinquishment__relinquishing  the act of relinquishing
     subtype:  cession__ceding  the act of ceding
        subtype:  ceding_back__recession  the act of ceding back
     subtype:  handover  act of relinquishing property or authority etc: "the handover of occupied territory"
     subtype:  waiver__release  a formal written statement of relinquishment
        subtype:  granting_immunity__exemption__immunity  an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution"
           subtype:  fix  an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
  subtype:  dissolution__breakup  the termination of a relationship
     subtype:  annulment__invalidation  a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)
        subtype:  dissolution_of_marriage  an annulment of a marriage
  subtype:  overthrow  the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
     subtype:  subversive_activity__subversion  the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
  subtype:  adjournment.termination__dissolution  the termination of a meeting
  subtype:  dismission__dismissal__discharge__firing__liberation__release__sacking  the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
     subtype:  conge  an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal
     subtype:  removal.dismission  dismissal from office
     subtype:  deactivation__inactivation  breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
     subtype:  dishonorable_discharge  a discharge from the US Army for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder)
     subtype:  Section_Eight  a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable
  subtype:  destruction__devastation  termination by an act of destruction
     subtype:  disaster  an act that has disastrous consequences
     subtype:  kill  the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
     subtype:  laying_waste__ruin__ruining__ruination__wrecking  destruction achieved by wrecking something
     subtype:  razing__leveling__tearing_down__tearingdown__demolishing  complete destruction of a building
     subtype:  obliteration__annihilation  destruction by annihilating something
        subtype:  atomization__atomisation  annihilation by reducing something to atoms
        subtype:  pulverization__pulverisation  annihilation by pulverizing something
        subtype:  vaporization__vaporisation  annihilation by vaporizing something
     subtype:  decimation  destroying or killing a great proportion of the population (literally every tenth person)
     subtype:  self-destruction  the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure self-destruction"
     subtype:  sabotage  a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
     subtype:  extermination__liquidation  the act of exterminating
     subtype:  holocaust  an act of great destruction and loss of life
     subtype:  demolition  the act of demolishing
     subtype:  vandalism__hooliganism__malicious_mischief__maliciousmischief  willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
  subtype:  killing__putting_to_death  the act of terminating a life
     subtype:  deathblow__coupdegrace  the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
     subtype:  death.killing  the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"
     subtype:  euthanasia__mercy_killing__mercykilling  the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
     subtype:  manslaughter  unlawful killing of a human being without malice
        subtype:  chance-medley  unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense
     subtype:  murder__homicide__slaying  unlawful premeditated killing of a human being
        subtype:  bloodshed__blood__gore  the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen"
        subtype:  parricide  murder of your own parents
           subtype:  matricide  murder of your mother
           subtype:  patricide  murder of your father
        subtype:  elimination.murder__liquidation  the murder of a competitor
        subtype:  carnage__slaughter__butchery  the savage and excessive killing of people
           subtype:  bloodbath__bloodletting__bloodshed__battue  indiscriminate slaughter
        subtype:  assassination  murder of a public figure by surprise attack
        subtype:  dry-gulching__drygulching  the act of killing from ambush
        subtype:  fratricide  the act of murdering your own brother or sister
        subtype:  hit.murder  a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
        subtype:  infanticide  murdering an infant
        subtype:  shoot-down__shootdown  murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
        subtype:  tyrannicide  killing a tyrant
        subtype:  thuggee  murder and robbery by thugs
     subtype:  dispatch__despatch  the murder or execution of someone
     subtype:  fell  the act of felling something (as a tree)
     subtype:  immolation  killing as a sacrificial act
     subtype:  self-annihilation__suicide__self-destruction  the act of killing yourself
        subtype:  assisted_suicide  suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
        subtype:  felo-de-se  an act of deliberate self destruction
        subtype:  harakiri__hara-kiri__harikari  (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by warriors in the traditional Japanese society
        subtype:  suttee  the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
     subtype:  slaughter  the killing of animals (as for food)
     subtype:  lynching  putting to death by mob action without due process of law
     subtype:  poisoning  killing by the administration of poison
        subtype:  gassing  the deliberate act of poisoning someone with gas
     subtype:  regicide  the act of killing a king
     subtype:  shooting  killing by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"
        subtype:  drive-by_shooting  shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim
        subtype:  wing_shooting  shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing)
     subtype:  suffocation__asphyxiation  killing by depriving of oxygen
        subtype:  strangling__choking__strangulation__throttling  the act of suffocating by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
     subtype:  ritual_killing__sacrifice  the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
        subtype:  hecatomb  a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
        subtype:  immolation.ritual_killing  to kill as a sacrifice by fire
     subtype:  electrocution  killing by electric shock
     subtype:  decapitation__beheading  killing by cutting off the head
     subtype:  genocide__race_murder__racial_extermination  systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
        subtype:  Holocaust__final_solution__finalsolution  the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
     subtype:  massacre__mass_murder  the wanton killing of many people
        instance:  Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn__Little_Bighorn__Battle_of_Little_Bighorn__Custer's_Last_Stand
  subtype:  abolition__abolishment  the act of abolishing
  subtype:  liquidation__settlement  terminating a business operation
     subtype:  viaticus_settlement__viatical_settlement  sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder
  subtype:  drug_withdrawal__withdrawal  the termination of drug taking
     subtype:  cold_turkey  complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs on which you have become dependent
  subtype:  closedown__closure__shutdown  termination of operations
     subtype:  plant_closing__plantclosing  act of shutting down operation of a plant
     subtype:  bank_closing  act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure
     subtype:  layoff  the act of laying off an employee or a work force
  subtype:  extinguishing__extinction__quenching  the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
  subtype:  fade__disappearance  gradually ceasing to be visible
  subtype:  abortion  termination of pregnancy
     subtype:  spontaneous_abortion__spontaneousabortion__miscarriage__stillbirth  a natural loss of the products of conception
        subtype:  habitual_abortion  repeated spontaneous abortion (often for no known reason)
        subtype:  imminent_abortion__threatened_abortion  the appearance of symptoms that signal the impending loss of the products of conception
        subtype:  incomplete_abortion__partial_abortion__partialabortion  termination of pregnancy without expulsion of all of the products of conception
     subtype:  induced_abortion__inducedabortion  a deliberate termination of pregnancy
        subtype:  aborticide__feticide  the act of destroying a fetus
        subtype:  therapeutic_abortion__therapeuticabortion  a legally induced abortion for medical reasons (as when the mother's life is threatened)
        subtype:  suction_curettage__suctioncurettage__vacuum_aspiration  a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix
  subtype:  defusing__deactivation  the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
  subtype:  discontinuance__discontinuation  the act of discontinuing
     subtype:  disfranchisement  the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote
     subtype:  disinheritance  the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
     subtype:  dismount  the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)

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