Cease and Start

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Cease

Cease verb - Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
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Start is an antonym for cease in topics: stop, discontinue, continue.
Nearby Words: ceaseless, ceased, ceasing

Start

Start verb - To come into existence.
Usage example: the fight started when one child tripped the other
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Synonyms for Start
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Cease is an antonym for start in topics: begin, set about, stop.
Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup
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Common collocations

fire cease fire start fire
rampage cease rampage start rampage
attack cease attack start attack
show cease show start show
Other words: end, time, way, cycle, investigation, conversation, invasion, rebellion, fighting, war.

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Marillion He hides it once her new boyfriend comes back, but she realises that if she doesn't cease the veiled hostilities, said Polaroid might start making the rounds... Hoo boy.
    Source: Music / Marillion
  • Video Game / Dark Cloud Named Weapons: As the weapons evolve, they cease having generic names and start becoming unique artifacts.
    Source: Video Game / Dark Cloud
  • Colombia and Venezuela agree to a cease fire and start preparing for the incoming alien invasion.
    Source: Fan Fic / Worldwar: War of Equals
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