ceased
Came to halt
Ceased is the past tense of cease, meaning to stop or come to an end.
Something that ceased no longer continues: The rain ceased, Production ceased in 2019.
Often appears in formal or official contexts: The company ceased operations, He ceased to exist.
Ceased and desisted is legal language for stopping prohibited activity.
Came to rest
- discontinuedNo longer available
- terminatedBrought to an end
- endedCame to a stop
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
interrupted · paused · arrested · desisted · concluded · finished · quit · abandoned
Cannot be undone
- finalLast and decisive
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- concludedBrought to completion
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
over · done · finished · defunct · extinct · obsolete · bygone · former
No longer alive
gone · lost · fallen · no longer with us · passed away · passed on · demise · death
halted
Came to rest
- discontinuedNo longer available
- terminatedBrought to an end
- endedCame to a stop
suspended · interrupted · paused · arrested · desisted · concluded · finished · quit · abandoned · abated
irrevocable
Cannot be undone
- finalLast and decisive
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- concludedBrought to completion
complete · over · done · finished · defunct · extinct · obsolete · bygone · former · past
dead
No longer alive
late · gone · lost · fallen · no longer with us · passed away · passed on · demise · death · expiration
silent
Producing no sound
peaceful · tranquil · settled · subdued · quiescent · dormant · inactive · at rest · motionless · becalmed
- discontinueddiscontinued, terminated, cancelled, ended, stopped
- stoppedstopped, halted, ended, finished, done
- nonfunctionalbroken, malfunctioning, inoperative, out of order, nonfunctional
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- finisheddone, completed, finished, complete, ended
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
ceasedcontinued
Went on without stopping
persisted · carried on · kept going · persevered · endured
- cease fireSuspension of armed conflict
- cease to existTerminate one's being
- cease to beExit from existence
- cease and desistLegal order to stop
- ceasefire agreementPact ending active combat
- ceasefire talksDiscussions to stop hostilities
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