All 10 Uses of
cease
in
The Phantom of the Opera
- I remember perfectly that, a few weeks before the disappearance of that great singer, Christine Daae, and the tragedy which threw the whole of the Faubourg Saint-Germain into mourning, there was a great deal of talk, in the foyer of the ballet, on the subject of the "ghost;" and I believe that it only ceased to be discussed in consequence of the later affair that excited us all so greatly.†
Chpt Prol.ceased = stopped or discontinued
- His two sisters and his brother, Raoul, would not hear of a division and waived their claim to their shares, leaving themselves entirely in Philippe's hands, as though the right of primogeniture had never ceased to exist.†
Chpt 2
- She never ceased to laugh and chatter, to hop about and play practical jokes, until Mm.†
Chpt 3 *
- She knew that the Comte de Chagny, to please his brother, had done his best on her behalf with M. Richard; and she wrote to thank him and also to ask him to cease speaking in her favor.†
Chpt 5cease = stop or discontinue
- At first, the viscount refused to believe; but he received such exact details that he ceased protesting.†
Chpt 8ceased = stopped or discontinued
- He fell at my feet, with words of love ...with words of love in his dead mouth ...and the music had ceased ...He kissed the hem of my dress and did not see that I closed my eyes.†
Chpt 12
- If I hated him, he would long ago have ceased doing harm.†
Chpt 19
- ...If Erik's secrets cease to be Erik's secrets, IT WILL BE A BAD LOOKOUT FOR A GOODLY NUMBER OF THE HUMAN RACE!†
Chpt 21cease = stop or discontinue
- Suddenly, the organ and the voice ceased so suddenly that M. de Chagny sprang back, on the other side of the wall, with emotion.†
Chpt 22ceased = stopped or discontinued
- As for you, you did not exist, you had ceased to exist, I tell you, and you were going to die with the other!†
Chpt 26
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.