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surcease
verb
- To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt
1, stall
1, stay
1, stop.
Idioms:
bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to. See
continue
- To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt
1, leave off, quit, stall
1, stop.
Idiom:
come to a halt (or standstill) (or stop). See
continue
noun
- The act of stopping: cessation, check, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt
1, stay
1, stop, stoppage. See
continue
- The condition of being stopped: cessation, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt
1, standstill, stop, stoppage. See
continue
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