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cease

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(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end(noun.time)

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Extinction.(noun)

source: webster1913

put an end to a state or an activity(verb.stative)

Synonym:
discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop
Antonym:
bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold

source: wordnet30
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical(verb.stative)

Synonym:
end, finish, stop, terminate
Antonym:
begin, start

source: wordnet30
To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.(verb)

source: webster1913
To put a stop to; to bring to an end.(verb)

source: webster1913

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