Cessation and Start

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Cessation

Cessation noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

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Synonyms for Cessation

Antonyms for Cessation

Start is an antonym for cessation in ending topic.

Nearby Word: cession

Start

Start noun - The point at which something begins.

Usage example: knew from the start of the game that he would win easily

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Synonyms for Start

Antonyms for Start

Cessation is an antonym for start in beginning topic.

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

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complete	complete cessation	complete start
true	true cessation	true start
abrupt	abrupt cessation	abrupt start

Both words in one sentence

Vampiric Draining: How Phantoms stay "alive." When they go too long without "eating," first they start to freeze and develop an Undeathly Pallor, then they begin to fade, becoming both intangible and invisible and then Cessation of Existence.

Source: Literature / Deadgirl

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Start and Cessation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cessation/start

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Antonyms for cessation

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