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cease

Nouns

• (n) ("cease" is a noun only in the phrase "without cease") end

Verbs

• (v) put an end to a state or an activity
  • Quit teasing your little brother
  discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up,
• (v) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
  • the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
  • Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
  • My property ends by the bushes
  • The symphony ends in a pianissimo
  end, terminate, finish, stop,

Synonyms

discontinue lay off quit stop give up end terminate finish

Antonyms

preserve uphold carry on continue bear on begin start

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