cease
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Cease is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.
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- (transitive & intransitive) If you cease something, you stop doing it.
- Around the time of the First World War, Clark brothers ceased operations, and the mill finally fell silent.
- Beyond the window, the rain ceased, giving way to sunshine.
