cease
sees
- n (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
- v put an end to a state or an activity
- v have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- One of Pakistan's most notorious militant leaders, Baitullah Mehsud, has declared a cease-fire in the troubled Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan.
- Yet in the cease-fire announcement the militia explicitly reserved the right to hold onto its weapons.
- The cease-fire between India and Pakistan last week passed into its sixth tense week with not the slightest prospect for a settlement.