terminate with extreme prejudice
terminate with extreme prejudice verb: to murder; to assassinate.
Verb
terminate with extreme prejudice (third-person singular simple present terminates with extreme prejudice, present participle terminating with extreme prejudice, simple past and past participle terminated with extreme prejudice)
- To murder; to assassinate.
- The government ordered the spies to be terminated with extreme prejudice: they did not want them to expose what they knew in a public trial.
- ...suggested that he either be isolated or ‘terminated with extreme prejudice.’ This term is said to be an intelligence euphemism for execution.1969 August 14, Terence Smith, “Details of Green Beret Case Are Reported in Saigon”, in The New York Times
terminate with extreme prejudice meaning in Bengali
terminate with extreme prejudice in Bengali
- হত্যা করা, গুপ্তহত্যা করা
Forms of terminate with extreme prejudice
| third-person singular present | terminates with extreme prejudice |
|---|---|
| present participle | terminating with extreme prejudice |
| past participle | terminated with extreme prejudice |
| past | terminated with extreme prejudice |
Origin of terminate with extreme prejudice
First appears c. 1969. Derives from US military intelligence and CIA documents, in news coverage of the Green Beret Case, and further popularized in the movie Apocalypse Now (1979). A play on the term terminate with prejudice when an employee’s employment is terminated, meaning will not rehire employee to same position in future (i.e., prejudiced against rehiring), hence terminate definitively, i.e., kill.
Words formed from terminate with extreme prejudice
Questions about terminate with extreme prejudice
- What does terminate with extreme prejudice mean?
- Terminate with extreme prejudice means to murder; to assassinate.
- What is terminate with extreme prejudice in Bengali?
- Terminate with extreme prejudice in Bengali is হত্যা করা, গুপ্তহত্যা করা. See Terminate with extreme prejudice meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is terminate with extreme prejudice?
- Terminate with extreme prejudice is a verb.
- What is the past tense of terminate with extreme prejudice?
- The past tense of terminate with extreme prejudice is terminated with extreme prejudice.
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