verb
- Put an end to a state or an activity.
- usage: "Quit teasing your little brother"
- Come to or be at an end.
- usage: "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31"
- synonyms: discontinue
- Prevent completion.
- usage: "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
- synonyms: break, break off, discontinue, stop
adjective
- Stopped permanently or temporarily.
- usage: "discontinued models"; "a discontinued magazine"; "a discontinued conversation"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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