discontinue
Cease doing something
Discontinue means to stop doing or providing something, especially something ongoing or regular.
A company discontinues a product line; a doctor discontinues a medication.
The word sounds more formal than simply *stop* and often implies a deliberate decision rather than a casual ending: The airline discontinued service to smaller cities.
Discontinued items are no longer available.
To discontinue activity
quit · desist · suspend · break off · cut off · wind up · wrap up · conclude
Revoke or terminate
- abolishOfficially end a practice
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- annulDeclare legally void
repeal · void · nullify · invalidate · scrap · axe · scrub · quash
Halt or hang temporarily
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- interruptBreak in upon
- adjournTemporarily halt proceedings
- deferDelay or submit
delay · freeze · hold · shelve · table · put on hold · put on ice · break
Leave behind permanently
- forsakeAbandon completely
- desertTo leave behind completely
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- renounceFormally give up
discard · jettison · drop · ditch · reject · give up · let go · walk away from
Remove or pull away
- retractWithdraw something said
- pullForce toward oneself
- removeTake something away
- recallMemory retrieval act
phase out · pull back · take away · retrieve · recant · backtrack · retreat · delist
End something incrementally
- retireCease employment permanently
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- delistRemove from official registry
out of production · supersede · replace · upgrade · end of life
cease
To discontinue activity
terminate · quit · desist · suspend · break off · cut off · wind up · wrap up · conclude · finish
cancel
Revoke or terminate
- abolishOfficially end a practice
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
annul · repeal · void · nullify · invalidate · scrap · axe · scrub · quash · terminate
suspend
Halt or hang temporarily
defer · delay · freeze · hold · shelve · table · put on hold · put on ice · break · intermit
abandon
Leave behind permanently
- forsakeAbandon completely
- desertTo leave behind completely
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
renounce · discard · jettison · drop · ditch · reject · give up · let go · walk away from · turn back on
withdraw
Remove or pull away
recall · phase out · pull back · take away · retrieve · recant · backtrack · retreat · delist
phase out
End something incrementally
delist · out of production · supersede · replace · upgrade · end of life
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