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Having come to an end
“Once this event is ended, it is past, and whatever completion or wholeness it has attained is fixed and unalterable.”
No longer present or existing
Having reached the end of a cycle
Without hope or prospect of completion, success, or survival
No longer capable, effective or needed
To have brought an event to a close or conclusion
“The company would end his contract after reports of misbehavior on his part.”
Past tense for to put to an end through destruction or death
“A recent biography suggests that Van Gogh did not end his own life, but was instead killed by an acquaintance.”
Past tense for to die or cease living
“He was a great general, who would end on the field of battle.”
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