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Synonyms
cease (sēs)

[Middle English cesen, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessāre, to stop frequentative of cēdere, to yield.]

verb: ceased, ceas·ing, ceas·es. 

transitive verb 

To put an end to; discontinue: The factory ceased production. See synonyms at stop

intransitive verb 

  1. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases.
  2. To stop performing an activity or action; desist: “fold our wings,/And cease from wanderings” (Tennyson)

noun 

Cessation; pause: We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.