terminator
noun
ter·mi·na·tor
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Definition of terminator
1
: the dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon's or a planet's disk
2
: one that terminates
Examples of terminator in a Sentence
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This Week In Heat Vision breakdown There is also impressive imagery, namely the damage the villain terminator, played by Gabriel Luna, is able to endure. — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, "New 'Terminator: Dark Fate' Trailer Packed Full of Action and Blood," 30 Aug. 2019 Gaze along the terminator — the line that divides the lit from unlit portions — for your best views. — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, "The Stars This Week: Aug. 4-10," 4 Aug. 2019 Gaze along the terminator — the line that divides the lit from unlit portions — for your best views. — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, "The Stars This Week: June 23-29," 23 June 2019 The terminator doesn’t perfectly divide the planet into dark and light; Earth’s atmosphere bends sunlight by 37 miles (60 kilometers), which equals half a degree. — National Geographic, "What is an equinox, and why does it happen?," 19 Mar. 2019 Gaze along the terminator — the line that divides the lit from unlit portions — for your best views. — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, "The Stars This Week: June 23-29," 23 June 2019 Gaze along the terminator — the line that divides the lit from unlit portions — for your best views. — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, "The Stars This Week: June 23-29," 23 June 2019 Gaze along the terminator — the line that divides the lit from unlit portions — for your best views. — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, "The Stars this Week: June 9-15," 9 June 2019 What matters is that well into the second decade of our forever war, the combat movies that populate our multiplexes and our minds are devoted to a martial narrative of men-as-terminators that should have been strangled at its birth a long time ago. — David French, National Review, "The Question that Reveals the Heart of the Culture Wars," 29 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'terminator.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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