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  • past tense form of cease.
  • past participle of cease.
Synonyms

ceased

American  
[seest] / sist /

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


Etymology

Origin of ceased

cease + -ed 2


Example Sentences

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It meant that the internal measure of time ceased advancing when the relevant changes in the system disappeared.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The outflows ceased when we paused withdrawal service earlier. We are still working with partners to freeze many of the impacted assets, and have frozen around $3 billion thus far,” it said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The lawyer proposed a repayment plan, saying MCA funders might collect only a third of what was owed if Triways ceased operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told reporters in August that Mojave’s work ceased because it had completed its contract.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

As we pulled into the driveway, she finally ceased her endless monologue.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

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