Cease
Cease verb - To come to an end.
Spring
Spring verb - To come into existence.
Usage example: when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Robotnik had created an "Ultimate Annihilator" that would cause the universe to cease to exist for a billionth of a second, then to spring back into existence, minus Sonic and his friends.
Source: The Dog Bites Back / Comic Books -
In both the Napoleonic and German invasions of Russia, the Rasputitsa (Russian for "quagmire", literally "time when roads cease to exist") bogged down armies so much that there was practically no fighting for 6 weeks in the spring and fall.
Source: Mucking in the Mud
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