Break and Cease

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Break

Break verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

Usage example: the final vote broke the deadlock

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Cease is a synonym for break in stop topic. In some cases you can use "Cease" instead the word "Break" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like pause.

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Cease

Cease noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

Usage example: worked without cease for the betterment of humanity

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Break is a synonym for cease in stop topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead the word "Cease" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: ceaseless, ceased, ceasing

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heart	break heart	cease heart
time	break time	cease time
way	break way	cease way
spell	break spell	cease spell
Other words: cycle, sword.

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Also, in the Pokemon anime, Big Bad Cyrus gets close to undoing the world and creating his own, Palkia and Dialga open a dimension to start but cease when the heroes break Cyrus' mind control.

Source: Death by Irony
Meroka then shoots the lock with her volley-gun, which doesn't so much break the lock as cause it to cease existing.

Source: Shoot Out the Lock
In Unlimited Blade Works, Shinji survives, but not before Gilgamesh puts him through an utterly horrific case of Break the Haughty, after which he seems to cease any villainous behavior.

Source: Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work

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