Terminate in small place (4)
I believe the answer is:
slay
'terminate' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'small place' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'place' becomes 'lay' (laying is a kind of placing**).
's'+'lay'='SLAY'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for slay that I've seen before include "Butcher" , "Massacre" , "Kill (literary)" , "Kill, murder" , "Kill intentionally" .)