The Clue
Kaput (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ENDED
Tags
Notes
The answer ENDED is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Closed
Done
Finished
Open-___
Over
Over with
Terminated
All over
Broke off
Put the kibosh on
Signed off
Wound up
Wrapped up
"Our revels now are ___": Shak.
Definition
END as a verb:
1. (end, stop, finish, terminate, cease) = have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
2. (end, terminate) = bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
3. (end, terminate) = be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"
4. put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
ENDED as an adjective:
1. (complete, concluded, ended, over, all over, terminated) = having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"