ending -
event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
omega,
z the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
halt,
stop a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"
victory,
triumph a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"
ending -
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
abort the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"
destruction,
devastation the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
putting to death,
kill,
killing the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
abolishment,
abolition the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"
liquidation,
settlement termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
closedown,
shutdown,
closing,
closure approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"
middle the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
point in time,
point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
death,
last the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"
demise,
dying,
death the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"
period a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
year-end the end of a calendar year; "he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end"
stopping point,
finis,
close,
finale,
last,
conclusion,
finish the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
cease (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
