Ter ‧ min ‧ a ‧ tor, The /ˈtɜːməneɪtəʳ, ˈtɜːmɪneɪtəʳ $ ˈtɜːr-/ BrE AmE
(1984) a violent US film, in which Arnold ↑ Schwarzenegger appears as an ↑ android (=a machine that looks exactly like a person) who is sent back from the future to kill a woman before she can give birth to a child who will become a great leader in the future. In a second film, Terminator II (1991), Schwarzenegger appears as another android, but this time he is a good character who wants to help the humans.