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   Cease

   /sēs/

   

   verb

   • 1. bring or come to an end: "the hostilities had ceased and normal life was resumed" Similar come to an endcome to a haltcome to a stopendhaltstopconcludeterminatefinishwind updraw to a closebe overcome to a standstillpausebreak offpeter outfizzle outabatefade awaydie awaybring to an endbring to a haltbring to a stopendhaltstopconcludeterminatefinishwind updiscontinuedesist fromrefrain fromleave offquitshut downsuspendbreak offcut shortOpposite startcontinuestartcontinue

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cesser, from Latin cessare ‘stop’, from cedere ‘to yield’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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