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v. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

end, stop, finish, cease

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Fuzzynyms (102)

finish, end, terminate

obliterate, efface

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

end, terminate

v. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"

complete, finish

v. come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"

run out

v. become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out"

terminate, end in a certain location

v. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad scene ended the movie"

hold on, stop

v. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

intercept, stop

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

stop, halt

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

stop, halt, block, kibosh

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

abort

v. cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"

hold on, stop

v. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

interrupt, break

v. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

kill

v. destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

fall in

v. to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"

suspend, set aside

v. make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"

freeze, suspend

v. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

suspend

v. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"

paralyze, paralyse

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate

v. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

control, curb, moderate, restrain, contain, hold in

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

destroy, put down

v. put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"

decimate

v. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

exterminate, kill off

v. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

stop

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

wallow

v. delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"

dispatch, discharge, complete

v. complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"

play, spiel

v. replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

restrict, curtail, curb, cut back

v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"

break

v. interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit"

stay, remain, rest

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

complete, finish

consummate

v. fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage"

top

v. be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point; "A star tops the Christmas Tree"

finish, end, terminate

intercept, stop

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

cancel, offset, set off

v. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

rest

v. not move; be in a resting position

unwind, wind off, unroll

v. reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"

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Antonyms (18)

continue

v. continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

begin

v. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"

extend

v. prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan"

begin

v. achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"

continue

v. continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

begin, start

v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

continue, go on, persist in, go along

v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

conceive

v. become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

help

v. improve; change for the better; "New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture"

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