End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Settle is a synonym for end in bring to an end topic. In some cases you can use "Settle" instead a verb "End".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Mandatory Motherhood: At the end, Kilda is told she must decide and so settle down to a husband and children.
Source: Literature / Dread Companion -
However, trying to do the same with a griffin's beak ends painfully for Iron, so they instead settle for nuzzling or Iron kissing the end of Gilda's beak.
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Mickey and Mallory end their killing sprees after they decide to settle down and have kids.
Source: Film / Natural Born Killers
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Settle and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/settle
End & Settle. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/settle>.
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