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terminator

noun

Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.

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Word length
10
Starts with
T
Ends with
R
Contains
ER
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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/ˈtəː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/ /ˈtɝ.mɪ.neɪ.dɚ/

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noun

  1. Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.

  2. The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.

  3. A DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.

  4. An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.

  5. An intelligent android created to destroy humans (after the 1984 film The Terminator).

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