terminaladjective
uk/ˈtɜː.mɪ.nəl/us/ˈtɝː.mə.nəl/terminal adjective (ILLNESS)
(of a disease or illness) leading gradually to death:
A terminal patient is one who is seriously ill and will die soon.
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- They didn't realize his cancer was terminal.
- She had a terminal lung disease.
- The illness proved to be terminal.
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Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- destroy
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- immolate
- killer
- life-threatening
- mercy killing
- mortally
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
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terminal adjective (EXTREME)
extreme, when referring to something unpleasant or negative:
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Serious and severe
- acute
- critical
- critically
- desperate
- dire
- egregious
- grave
- gravity
- grievous
- heaviness
- heavy
- mortal
- serious
- seriously
- severely
- severity
- stiff
- stiffness
- swingeing
- utmost
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terminalnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtɜː.mɪ.nəl/us/ˈtɝː.mə.nəl/terminal noun [ C ] (BUILDING)
B2 the area or building at a station, airport, or port that is used by passengers leaving or arriving by train, aircraft, or ship:
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- The whole terminal was evacuated.
- A bus will take you to the terminal.
- The so-called terminal building was little more than a shed.
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Train & bus stations & taxi ranks
- baggage room
- bus shelter
- bus station
- bus stop
- cabstand
- coach station
- depot
- left-luggage office
- platform
- rank
- request stop
- retiring room
- staging post
- station
- stop
- taxi rank
- terminus
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terminal noun [ C ] (COMPUTER)
a piece of equipment consisting of a keyboard and screen, used for communicating with the part of a computer system that deals with information
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Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- codec
- handheld
- joypad
- Macintosh
- micro
- microcomputer
- motherboard
- mouse
- ram
- storage device
- tablet
- toggle
- trackball
- underscore
- VDT
- word processor
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terminal noun [ C ] (ELECTRICITY)
specialized electronics the point at which a connection can be made in an electric circuit
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Electrical switches & connections
- connector
- cord
- cordless
- dimmer
- dimmer switch
- dip switch
- docking station
- electrical outlet
- ground
- jack
- jack plug
- plug (sth) in/plug (sth) into sth
- put sth on
- put sth out 1
- remote control
- shaver point
- socket
- switch
- wiring
- zapper
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