Cease and Start

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Cease verb – Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.

Start is an antonym for cease in topics: stop, discontinue, continue.

Nearby Words: ceaseless, ceased, ceasing

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Start verb – To come into existence.

Usage example: the fight started when one child tripped the other

Cease is an antonym for start in topics: begin, set about, stop.

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

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

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
Named Weapons: As the weapons evolve, they cease having generic names and start becoming unique artifacts.

Source: Video Game / Dark Cloud
The game rules even warn you that the wonders of Jumanji will never cease until the game is won, and therefore you must not start the game unless you fully intend to finish it.

Source: Literature / Jumanji

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Start and Cease. (2016). Retrieved 2022, May 25, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cease/start

Cease & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 25 May. 2022. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cease/start>.

Start or Cease. 2016. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cease/start.

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