"put an end to" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put an end to.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts an end to [present, singular, third-person], putting an end to [participle, present], put an end to [participle, past], put an end to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> an end to}} put an end to (third-person singular simple present puts an end to, present participle putting an end to, simple past and past participle put an end to)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To terminate or abolish. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: put a stop to, put the kibosh on Translations (terminate): ĉesigi (Esperanto), lõppu tegema (Estonian), lopettaa (Finnish), tehdä loppu (Finnish), mettre un terme à (French), zu einem Ende bringen (German), ein Ende setzen [with-dative] (German), finirla (Italian), 打ち切る (uchikiru) (Japanese), dēleō (Latin), darīt galu (Latvian), kłaść kres [imperfective] (Polish), położyć kres [perfective] (Polish), pune capăt (Romanian), poner coto (Spanish), sätta stopp för (Swedish), sätta p för (Swedish), sätta punkt för (Swedish)

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      "sense": "terminate",
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      "sense": "terminate",
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      "sense": "terminate",
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      "sense": "terminate",
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