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terminator

The correct spelling is terminator.

How to pronounce terminator

noun

IPA: /ˈtəː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/

Say it like: Ter-min-ato-r

The correct spelling is terminator. Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.
  2. 2.The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.
  3. 3.A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
  4. 4.An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
  5. 5.An intelligent android created to destroy humans (after the 1984 film The Terminator).

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