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cease and desist
cease and desist
(verb)
synonyms
withdraw
hold
desist
put the kibosh on
let up
kibosh
kick out
give up
shut off
prevent
shut down
lay off
rest
come to a stop
seize up
suspend
nark
cease
dead
come to rest
put down
put paid to
come to an end
squelch
belay
brick wall
foreclose
disrupt
put a block on
scare off
pause
stop
stanch
balk
cut
forbear
shutter
spare
put the brakes on
cut out
knock off
conk out
nip in the bud
stay
pull the plug
rein in
cut short
break
stop over
check
refrain
halt
keep
come round
drop
stall
stop dead
leave off
abort
lock up
mark time
put out to pasture
interrupt
cess
pierce
give up the ghost
knock it off
leave alone
lay down one's arms
pull up
axe
leash
draw up
immobilize
call it quits
abrupt
get on with
shelve
give over
kill
conclude
break down
clamp down on
suppress
stagger
nullify
kick off
hinder
bring up short
close up shop
grind to a halt
fall away
abandon
seclude
call it a day
go off
retard
expire
punctuate
call off
forgo
adjourn
quit
shut up
bite the dust
sever
unrig
get off
snooze
have done with
choke off
chop
arrest
wean
stagnate
stand still
pop off
go down
bring an end to
unhorse
stand down
roadblock
release
sit out
control
sit on
forestay
unstop
bring up
stopple
keep from
pack up
close
stave off
dispense with
miss off
take time out
repeal
procrastinate
straighten out
put a stop to
account for
lose
bring to an end
hang
hold back
subside
restrain
cut off
down tools
revoke
foil
off
put an end to
deep six
fold
set one's face against
keep back
anchor
keep away from
estop
give out
scotch
put by
shut out
back up
disconnect
pass
crap out
renounce
deter
forbid
go on
brake
omit
ditch
continue
debar
swallow
fall behind
reprieve
intercept
die
desolate
close out
hold up
oppose
fluctuate
hang up
hesitate
guard
head
uncouple
stick
dummy up
ward off
die out
disannul
shit-can
give away
cease and desist
definitions
verb
To stop and not resume an action.
noun
verb