ceased

[seest]

adjective

1. stopped or ended; discontinued.

   The vehicles and drivers from the ceased bus routes will be used to help provide rail replacement bus services.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of cease.

Other Word Forms

• unceased adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ceased¹

cease + -ed ²

Example Sentences

In the end, his stint as a spy was brief, and the CIA ceased funding the Review before the first issue was published.

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A new home for donor-advised funds was needed after another NIL firm, Blue Print Sports, ceased its charitable operations in the wake of the IRS recommendation, its legal counsel citing “no path forward.”

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It permanently closed and ceased accepting waste this year.

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The reactor sits adjacent to Three Mile Island Unit 2, which suffered a partial core meltdown in 1979 and immediately ceased operations.

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The Jersey-based operator, which employed about 100 staff, announced on Friday it had ceased trading and cancelled all bookings.

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• concluded 
• decided 
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• realized 
• resolved 
• satisfied 
• settled 
• stopped