To terminate; to call the end of.
To terminate a computer program.
To make trades offsetting an existing position, leaving the trader with a neutral position.
Of a wave, to break all at once, instead of progressively along its length.
To exclude by blocking all opportunities to enter or join.
To seal off.
Synonym of close (“to make a sale”)
To defeat.
To rob.
To halt one's work or other activity.
To have sex with.
To remove, as a discount or estimate.
To make a copy of, as of a design.
To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
To remove by hitting (something, someone)
To kill.
To accomplish hastily.