cease

Academic Word List, sublist 9.

About 9.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To stop.

   And with that, his twitching ceased.

2. verb To stop doing (something).

   And with that, he ceased twitching.

3. verb To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.
4. noun Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

Similar words

stop discontinue terminate quit lay off give up end finish desist cessation

Often followed by

to and from their fire with in when at

Word family

ceased ceaseless ceases ceasing