Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminateterminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position“The boss fired his secretary today”, “The company terminated 25% of its workers”
(v)give the axe, give the bounce, give the gateterminate a relationship abruptly“Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman”