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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def terminate(self, force=False):
 """This forces a child process to terminate."""

        if not self.isalive():
            return True
        self.kill(signal.SIGINT)
        time.sleep(self.delayafterterminate)
        if not self.isalive():
            return True
        if force:
            self.kill(signal.SIGKILL)
            time.sleep(self.delayafterterminate)
            if not self.isalive():
                return True
            else:
                return False