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title: "terminatePods() | Grafana k6 documentation"
description: "xk6-disruptor: ServiceDisruptor.terminatePods method"
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# terminatePods()

`terminatePods` terminates a number of pods that belong to the service specified in the ServiceDisruptor.

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| Parameter | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                          |
|-----------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| fault     | object | description of the [Pod Termination fault](/docs/k6/latest/testing-guides/injecting-faults-with-xk6-disruptor/xk6-disruptor/faults/pod-termination/) |

## Example

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```javascript
const fault = {
  count: 2,
};
disruptor.terminatePods(fault);
```