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Originally Posted by mrscoach
Forms of terminate, like termination, usually deal with ending something, such as a job or even a computer program. It is also the base for exterminate, which we all know gets said a lot by the Daleks on Dr. Who. 
It doesn't even mean something ends early, it also means the outcome or result of something.
I hope the bus driver was terminated from his job, not terminated permanently. |
that was my interpretation ....