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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
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- When it ceases, the doors to the changing room reopen, and without command they walk back to see what has replaced their clothes—old Russian army uniforms and boots.†
p. 13.4 *ceases = stops or discontinues
- The dogs cease barking.†
p. 211.7cease = stop or discontinue
- During a brief cease-fire, he hears the running of a stream.†
p. 226.3
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.