127 entries under cease topic. ×

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scrub(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
2
stall(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
2
wait(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
1
arrest(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
1
back down(verb, expression, stop, drop, abandon)
1
bag it(verb, expression, stop, end, abandon)
1
bail out(verb, expression, stop, drop, abandon)
1
bar(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
1
be over(verb, hold, break, drop, close)
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block(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
1
blow off(verb, expression, stop, hold, break)
1
blow the whistle on(expression, idiom, stop, close, end)
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bring to a close(verb, expression, idiom, stop, hold)
1
bring to standstill(expression, idiom, stop, close, end)
1
cease fire(expression, stop, close, end, complete)
1
close down(verb, expression, stop, close, end)
1
come to a standstill(verb, expression, idiom, stop, hold)
1
despair(verb, stop, drop, abandon, yield)
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deter(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
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disconnect(verb, stop, end, abandon, halt)
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