Cease and Work

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Cease

Cease verb - To come to an end.
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Work is an antonym for cease.
Nearby Words: ceaseless, ceased, ceasing

Work

Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
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Cease is an antonym for work in manipulate topic.
Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker
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Common collocations

moment cease moment work moment
time cease time work time
way cease way work way
spell cease spell work spell
Other words: magic, ways, orders.

Both words in one sentence

  • Out of the Inferno To be fair, it's stated in-universe the endbringer's body gets denser the deeper you go, until the rules of physics simply cease to work, but still...
    Source: Out of the Inferno
  • Power Incontinence Sometimes his abilities cease to work altogether, while other times, he becomes overpowered to the point that he almost harms those around him.
    Source: Power Incontinence
  • Divided States of America Stirling's Emberverse novels, the world suffers 'the Change', in which electricity and gunpowder suddenly cease to work.
    Source: Divided States of America
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