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A robot sent back in time to teach Hollywood that sequels can outgun the original.

means A line or agent that ends something decisively — literally the boundary between a planet's light and dark side, or anything/anyone that finishes a job for good.

from From Latin terminare, 'to end or set a boundary,' from terminus, the Roman god and word for a boundary marker or limit. Astronomers borrowed it centuries ago for the light-dark line on a moon or planet. The menacing robotic sense is a 20th-century Hollywood invention, riding on the plain old English agent-noun habit of tacking '-ator' onto 'terminate' to mean 'one who ends things' — in this case, rather permanently.

line between day/night
also the actual name for a planet's shadow edge
famous line
ill be back wasnt in the original script
arnold's fee
paid 21500 dollars plus a dollar per word
skynet logic
an ai that solves overpopulation by murder
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