ceased to be
No longer is
To cease to be is to stop existing—a somewhat formal or euphemistic way of saying something died, ended, or no longer exists.
The company ceased to be after the bankruptcy.
The phrase is famously used in Monty Python's "Dead Parrot" sketch, where ceased to be joins a cascade of synonyms for dead: This parrot has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker!
- shutdownCessation of operations
- deathCessation of life
- haltComplete sudden stop
- endFinal portion or cessation
- come to an endCease to continue
conclusion · annihilation · extinction · no more · gone for good · vanishing · suspension · obliteration · passing · passed away · kicked the bucket · bit the dust · shuffled off · discontinuation · abandonment · dissolution · expiration · demise
ceased to bepersists
Carries on stubbornly
remains · endures · carries on · lives on · survives
ceased to became into being
Started to exist
came to be · emerged · arose · originated · was born
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