put an end to

verb

To terminate or abolish.

“He put an end to the loud music by pulling the plug.”

Similar
put a stop toput the kibosh onbring to an end
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Meanings

verbput 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)

present singular third person puts an end to · participle present putting an end to

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo terminate or abolish.

    He put an end to the loud music by pulling the plug.

    1 more example

    So far as I am aware, nationalisation has put an end to this scheme.

    1950 May, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 300

    Synonyms: put a stop to, put the kibosh on, bring to an end

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo terminate or abolish.

Similar
put a stop toput the kibosh onbring to an end
Also see
bring an end tobring to an endcall a haltkillput a lid onput a stop toput paid to

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 結束 /结束, 終止 /终止
  • 結束 /结束terminate
  • 終止 /终止 (zhōngzhǐ)terminate
  • 廢除 /废除 (fèichú)terminate
Esperanto ĉesigi
  • ĉesigiterminate
Estonian lõppu tegema
  • lõppu tegematerminate
Finnish lopettaa, tehdä loppu
  • lopettaaterminate
  • tehdä lopputerminate
French mettre un terme à, mettre fin
  • mettre un terme àterminate
  • mettre finterminate
German zu einem Ende bringen, ein Ende setzen
  • zu einem Ende bringenterminate
  • ein Ende setzenterminate
Italian finirla, porre fine
  • finirlaterminate
  • porre fineterminate
Japanese 打ち切る
  • 打ち切る (uchikiru)terminate
Latin dēleō
  • dēleōterminate
Latvian darīt galu
  • darīt galuterminate
Polish kłaść kres, położyć kres
  • kłaść kresterminate
  • położyć kresterminate
Portuguese pôr fim a
  • pôr fim aterminate
Romanian pune capăt
  • pune capătterminate
Spanish poner coto
  • poner cototerminate
Swedish sätta stopp för, sätta p för
  • sätta stopp förterminate
  • sätta p förterminate
  • sätta punkt förterminate
Welsh rhoi terfyn ar, rhoi pen ar
  • rhoi terfyn arterminate
  • rhoi pen arterminate
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APA

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MLA

“put an end to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20an%20end%20to. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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