cease
verb
[ siːs ]
• come or bring to an end.
• "the hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed"
Similar:
come to an end,
come to a halt,
come to a stop,
end,
halt,
stop,
conclude,
terminate,
finish,
wind up,
draw to a close,
be over,
come to a standstill,
pause,
break off,
peter out,
fizzle out,
abate,
fade away,
die away,
bring to an end,
bring to a halt,
bring to a stop,
discontinue,
desist from,
refrain from,
leave off,
quit,
shut down,
suspend,
cut short,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cesser, from Latin cessare ‘stop’, from cedere ‘to yield’.
