"cease" meaning in English

See cease in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: sijs Audio: en-us-cease.ogg [US] Forms: cease [canonical], ceases [third-person, singular], ceased [past], ceased [past, participle], ceasing [present, participle]
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  1. If you cease something, you stop doing it. Synonyms: stop, halt, end, finish, terminate
    Sense id: simple-cease-en-verb-MArCmb5A
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