(formal) to stop happening or existing; to stop sth from happening or existing:
[V] Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job. * [Vtoinf] You never cease to amaze me! * [VN] They voted to cease strike action immediately. * He ordered his men to cease fire (= stop shooting). * [V-ing] The company ceased trading in June.
seealsoCESSATION
IDIOMS see WONDERn.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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