User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E6 -Known By It's KRAAAW - Impressions/Recap/@comment-26397825-20171122003657/@comment-4010415-20171122201316

People whose first language is English generally use "Terminated" in a negative way. Like the example you gave: Your job being terminated. It means you're fired, which is never a good thing. Your employer kicked you out of the job because you're a shitty employee, and now you're gonna go without pay until you find a new job.

And that multi-meaning point you made would be why they used "Terminated" instead of "Killed" or "Was shitty at the mission". It's easier to just slap one word up there that covers all reasons that a mission came to a negative end. It's more efficient that way. Either they finished the job, which results in the mission board person hitting the "Completed" button, or the mission came to a bad ending, so the mission board person hits the "Terminated" button.

Shiro's square says "In Progress" but he's been in progress for quite a few weeks, and Qrow just seems to assume he's dead. I guess his thoughts are "It shouldn't take that long to do that mission. They probably haven't found the body yet."