Cease and Die

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Cease verb - To come to an end.

Usage example: the rain finally ceased, and we were able to continue the baseball game

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Die is a synonym for cease in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Die" instead a verb "Cease", when it comes to topics like stop, disappear.

Nearby Words: ceaseless, ceased, ceasing

Die verb - To come to an end.

Usage example: the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon

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Cease is a synonym for die in activity topic. You can use "Cease" instead a verb "Die", if it concerns topics such as disappear.

Nearby Word: died

attack	cease attack	die attack
moment	cease moment	die moment
time	cease time	die time
way	cease way	die way
Other words: damage, fighting, ways.

And anything colored blue (after the title card) in the second opening is destined to die/cease to exist.

Source: Manga / Future Diary
Synopsis: Alternate Universe in which Aegon Targaryen VI was not ferried away across the Narrow Sea but was raised secretly in Westeros, being prepared and guided for a future in which songs and laughter cease and die unless he can stop it.

Source: Fanfic Recs / A Song of Ice and Fire
Schrödinger from Hellsing has this as his in-story power: As long as he is able to observe his own existence he cannot die/cease to exist; and as long as he is able to observe his own existence, he can exist whenever and wherever he wants to exist.

Source: The Cat Came Back

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