cease
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Definitions
Noun
(`cease'' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease'') end
Verb
put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
Verb
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"
More Specific Terms
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