Associations to the word «Ceasing»
Noun
- Toil
- Peace
- Cease
- Production
- Airway
- Fi
- Embargo
- Rustling
- Surrender
- Guerrilla
- Athenian
- Wail
- Mediation
- Howling
- Mediator
- Nor
- Nations
- Resolution
- Respiration
- Uproar
- Israeli
- Scourge
- Groan
- Passenger
- Wandering
- Suez
- Colliery
- Insurgent
- Entity
- Palestinian
- Agitation
- Annihilation
- Affliction
- Sorrow
- Instant
- Whaling
- Hereafter
- Repentance
- Fighting
- Woe
- Rowing
- Lebanese
- Closure
- Kabul
- Importation
- Copyright
- Proclamation
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
CEASE, verb. (formal) (intransitive) To stop.
CEASE, verb. (formal) (transitive) To stop doing (something).
CEASE, verb. (obsolete) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
CEASE AND DESIST, verb. (idiomatic) (legal) To stop and not resume an action.
CEASE AND DESIST, noun. (legal) A demanding that one "cease and desist from" continuing certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.
CEASE TO BE, verb. (idiomatic) to die
Dictionary definition
CEASE, noun. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end.
CEASE, verb. Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother".
CEASE, verb. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo".
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