All 4 Uses
cease
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Slammed, by Colleen Hoover
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- I shoot her a cease-and-desist look.†
p. 218.3cease = stop or discontinue
- Eddie and I look at each other and our laughter ceases as we respect that he's attempting to have a serious conversation with us.†
p. 221.7ceases = stops or discontinues
- The tears begin flowing just as quickly as they had ceased.†
p. 225.7 *ceased = stopped or discontinued
- I immediately cease any false hope.†
p. 288.6cease = stop or discontinue
Definitions:
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(cease) to stop or discontinue
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(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.