cease

Definition

  • verb: to stop happening
  • verb: to cause to come to an end especially gradually
  • usually used with 'without'
  • synonyms: pause, abstain, stop

Examples

  • The company was ordered by the court to 'cease and desist' from selling the photographs. [=was ordered to immediately stop selling the photographs]

  • My story is finally getting published! 'Will wonders never cease'? [=isn't that amazing/surprising?]

  • when the weary 'cease' from their labors [=when people who are very tired stop working]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) from the sea's depths. I hacked and I shashed at this fowl beasts with my sword, spilling their guts into the sea. Beowulf !! Then, one of them cease me by its jaws, and drag me to the bottom... I killed the moster with my own blade. I plunged it into its heart. (..)
    2007 Beowulf