All 10 Uses of
cease
in
Lord of the Flies
- At last Ralph ceased to blow and sat there, the conch trailing from one hand, his head bowed on his knees.
p. 19.5ceased = stopped or discontinued
- For a moment or two Simon was happy to be accepted and then he ceased to think about himself.
p. 104.0
- Down here, almost on a level with the sea, you could follow with your eye the ceaseless, bulging passage of the deep sea waves.†
p. 110.6ceaseless = never-endingstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in ceaseless means without and reverses the meaning of cease. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
- Ralph sighed, sensing the rising antagonism, understanding that this was how Jack felt as soon as he ceased to lead.
p. 118.5ceased = stopped or discontinued
- Roger ceased to be a pig and became a hunter, so that the center of the ring yawned emptily.
p. 152.2
- Toward midnight the rain ceased and the clouds drifted away, so that the sky was scattered once more with the incredible lamps of stars.
p. 153.6
- He ceased to work at his tooth and sat still, assimilating the possibilities of irresponsible authority.
p. 160.0
- ...the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.
p. 181.1 *ceased = discontinued (stopped)
- The yelling ceased, and Samneric lay looking up in quiet terror.
p. 182.9ceased = stopped or discontinued
- Then the voices passed away down the rock and he ceased to think of them.
p. 191.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(cease) to stop or discontinue
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Note that the expression, cease fire means to stop doing battle such as firing funs at each other. Similarly, the noun, cease-fire, is a state of having stopped doing battle.