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cease
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 cease
`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease' End.
werkwoord
1 cease
Put an end to a state or an activity.
synoniemen: discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop.
Roget 142:
cease,
discontinue,
desist,
stay,
halt;
break off,
leave off;
hold,
stop,
pull up,
stop short;
stick,
hang fire;
halt;
pause,
rest;
burn out,
blow out,
melt down.
have done with,
give over,
surcease,
shut up shop;
give up
etc.
(relinquish)
624.
hold one's hand,
stay one's hand;
rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels.
come to a stand,
come to a standstill;
come to a deadlock,
come to a full stop;
arrive
etc.
292;
go out,
die away;
wear away,
wear off;
pass away
etc.
(be past)
122;
be at an end;
disintegrate,
self-destruct.
intromit,
interrupt,
suspend,
interpel†;
intermit,
remit;
put an end to,
put a stop to,
put a period to;
derail;
turn off,
switch off,
power down,
deactivate,
disconnect;
bring to a stand,
bring to a standstill;
stop,
cut short,
arrest,
stem the tide,
stem the torrent;
pull the check-string,
pull the plug on.
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Nederlands: opdoeken, opheffen
2 cease
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
synoniemen: end, finish, stop, terminate.
Nederlands: aftrappen, eindigen, nokken, ophouden, stilleggen, stoppen, uitlopen, uitscheiden
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, acknowledge defeat, ad infinitum, be consumed, be done for, be gone, be no more, belay, calm, calm down, cancel, cease to be, cease to exist, ceaselessly, cede, cessation, close, come to naught, come to nothing, conclude, conclusion, conk out, constantly, continually, continuously, cry quits, cut it out, dematerialize, depart, desist, desist from, desistance, determine, die, die away, die down, die out, disappear, discontinue, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, do a fade-out, drop, drop it, dwindle, ebb, end, ending, endlessly, erode, eternally, evanesce, evaporate, everlastingly, exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, finish, finish up, flee, fly, forever, forgo, forswear, give over, give up, go, go away, halt, hand over, have done with, hide, hold, incessantly, infinitely, interminably, intermit, knock it off, knock off, lay down, lay off, leave no trace, leave off, leave the scene, lull, melt, melt away, molder, pacify, pass, pass away, pass out, peg out, period, perish, perorate, perpetually, quiesce, quiet, quieten, quit, refrain, refrain from, relinquish, renounce, resign, resolve, retire from sight, run out, scrap, scratch, scrub, sink, sink away, soothe, stay, stop, subside, succumb, suffer an eclipse, surcease, surrender, terminate, termination, throw up, tranquilize, unendingly, unremittingly, vanish, vanish from sight, waive, wane, waste, waste away, wear away, wind up, without cease, yield ... meer laten zien.
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