Cease and Keep alive

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Cease verb - To come to an end.

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Keep alive is an antonym for cease.

Nearby Words: ceaseless, ceased, ceasing

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Cease is an antonym for keep alive in topics: tend, keep going.

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Keep alive and Cease. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cease/keep_alive

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