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Defenition of the word cease

    • Defenition of the word cease

      • To have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
      • To put an end to a state or an activity.
      • (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
      • put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
      • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense: "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
      • bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end; "We terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease doing what you are doing!"
      • (`cease'' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease'') end
      • 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 end
      • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
      • put an end to a state or an activity

    Synonyms for the word cease

      • close down
      • come to a close
      • come to an end
      • conclude
      • die away
      • die down
      • discontinue
      • end
      • finish
      • give up
      • lay off
      • quit
      • stop
      • terminate

    Similar words in the cease

      • cease
      • ceasefire
      • ceaseless
      • ceaselessly

    Hyponyms for the word cease

      • adjourn
      • break
      • break up
      • call it a day
      • call it quits
      • cheese
      • climax
      • close
      • close off
      • come out
      • conclude
      • culminate
      • cut out
      • disappear
      • discontinue
      • drop
      • go
      • go away
      • go out
      • knock off
      • lapse
      • leave off
      • pass away
      • pull the plug
      • recess
      • retire
      • run low
      • run out
      • run short
      • shut off
      • sign off
      • turn out
      • vanish
      • withdraw

    Hypernyms for the word cease

      • alter
      • change
      • end
      • ending

    Antonyms for the word cease

      • bear on
      • begin
      • carry on
      • commence
      • continue
      • get
      • preserve
      • set about
      • set out
      • start
      • start out
      • uphold

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