cease

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

cease (sēs)v. ceased, ceas·ing, ceas·esv. tr.
To put an end to; discontinue:
The factory ceased production.
See Synonyms at stop.v. intr.
1. To come to an end; stop:
a process that never ceases.
2. To stop performing an activity or action; desist: “fold our wings,/And cease from wanderings” (Tennyson). n.
Cessation; pause:
We worked without cease to get the project finished on time. [Middle English cesen, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessāre, to stop, frequentative of cēdere, to yield. See ked- in Indo-European Roots.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  end, stop, finish, terminate, discontinue, give up, quit, lay off
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  begin, start, continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve