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cease
[ sees ]
verb (used without object)
- to stop; discontinue:
Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
Antonyms: begin
- to come to an end:
At last the war has ceased.
Synonyms: culminate, end, terminate
Antonyms: begin
- Obsolete. to pass away; die out.
verb (used with object)
- to put a stop or end to; discontinue:
He begged them to cease their quarreling.
noun
The noise of the drilling went on for hours without cease.
cease
/ siːs /
verb
- whentr, may take a gerund or an infinitive as object to bring or come to an end; desist from; stop
noun
- without ceasewithout stopping; incessantly
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cease1
Idioms and Phrases
- never cease to amaze. never cease to amaze.
More idioms and phrases containing cease
In addition to the idiom beginning with cease , also see wonders will never cease .Example Sentences
But sloppy handling and poor execution by the Trump White House production company did not anticipate a discussion and disagreement about the price of Trump’s version of a cease fire.
No payments are going to anyone in that category; Social Security automatically ceases payments to anyone who has reached the age of 115.
Some of those alerts led to direct action such as repairs, including cases where emissions ceased even though the oil and gas operator didn't officially provide feedback.
Now we’re back in our house and the fires have ceased, but we no longer open the windows when cooking for fear of polluted air.
Mining began again in late 1987 and ceased in 1992, with milling operations coming to an end the following year, according to an Environmental Protection Agency site visit report.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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