ceases
Draws to a close
Ceases is the third-person singular of cease, meaning to stop or come to an end.
Something that ceases no longer continues: The rain ceases, production ceases, the heart ceases to beat.
More formal than stops, ceases often appears in legal or official contexts: The agreement ceases to be valid after December 31.
Ceases to continue
- terminatesBrings to an end
- concludesBrings to an end
- finishesBrings to an end
- endsTermini or concludes
discontinues · halts · closes · completes · expires · wraps up · winds down · finalizes
Temporary cessations of activity
- suspendsHalts temporarily or hangs
- breaks offSeparates abruptly from whole
- holdsKeeps in possession
- freezesHardens from cold
intermits · adjourns · recesses · takes a break · stands down · lets up · eases up · relents
Reduces noise or agitation
hushes · lulls · dies down · trails off · fades · ebbs · wanes · diminishes
Recurring verses or abstains
- desistsCeases an action
- forbearsAncestors in one's lineage
- abstainsDeliberately doesn't partake
- quitsVoluntarily stops or departs
gives up · drops · abandons · forgoes · renounces · swears off · kicks · lays off
Agreed halt to fighting
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- détenteEasing of strained relations
- accordHarmony between parties
reconciliation · surrender · capitulation · laying down arms · white flag · peace treaty · demilitarization · disarmament
stops
Ceases to continue
- terminatesBrings to an end
- concludesBrings to an end
- finishesBrings to an end
ends · discontinues · halts · closes · completes · expires · wraps up · winds down · finalizes · culminates
pauses
Temporary cessations of activity
- suspendsHalts temporarily or hangs
- breaks offSeparates abruptly from whole
- holdsKeeps in possession
freezes · intermits · adjourns · recesses · takes a break · stands down · lets up · eases up · relents · abates
quiets
Reduces noise or agitation
settles · hushes · lulls · dies down · trails off · fades · ebbs · wanes · diminishes · dwindles
refrains
Recurring verses or abstains
quits · gives up · drops · abandons · forgoes · renounces · swears off · kicks · lays off · cuts out
ceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- détenteEasing of strained relations
accord · reconciliation · surrender · capitulation · laying down arms · white flag · peace treaty · demilitarization · disarmament · stand-down
- shut downturns off, powers down, deactivates, switches off, kills
- suspendhangs, dangles, halts, stops, pauses
ceasescontinues
Proceeds without stopping
persists · endures · carries on · perseveres · keeps going
- cease fireSuspension of armed conflict
- cease to existTerminate one's being
- cease to beExit from existence
- cease and desistLegal order to stop
- ceased to beNo longer exists
- cease fire agreement
cease, deceased, unceasing, ceasing, decease, ceased, cease and desist