terminator
/ˈtɜːrmɪneɪtər/
noun
- A person or thing that ends something, especially a machine or device designed to destroy or eliminate.
- He was known as the terminator of failing projects, always called in to shut them down.
- The new software acts as a terminator for unwanted pop-up ads.
- The robot in the movie was a deadly terminator sent from the future.
- The line separating the illuminated and dark parts of a celestial body, such as the moon or a planet.
- Astronomers study the terminator of Mars to understand its surface features.
- Through a telescope, you can see the terminator where day meets night on the moon.
- The terminator on Earth is visible from space as a curved line of twilight.
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