cease (
http://definr.com/cease)
n : (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn:
discontinue,
stop,
give up,
quit,
lay off] [ant:
continue]
2: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense:
"My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a
pianissimo" [syn:
end,
finish,
terminate] [ant:
begin]
3: bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end; "We
terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear
whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease
doing what you are doing!" [syn:
end,
terminate] [ant:
begin]