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cease

/siːs/
noun

  1. Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

verb

  1. To stop.

    "And with that, his twitching ceased."

  2. To stop doing (something).

    "And with that, he ceased twitching."

  3. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.

Synonymsdesert, lack, discontinue, hold, terminate, arrest

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