cease
n : (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {stop}, {give up},
{quit}, {lay off}] [ant: {continue}]
2: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense:
"My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a
pianissimo" [syn: {end}, {finish}, {terminate}] [ant: {begin}]
3: bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end; "We
terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear
whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease
doing what you are doing!" [syn: {end}, {terminate}] [ant:
{begin}]