ceased

American

[seest] / sist /

adjective

stopped or ended; discontinued.

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

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of cease.

Other Word Forms

unceased adjective

Etymology

Origin of ceased

cease + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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Just over a year later, the Soviet Union ceased to exist.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it also holds the archives from the 1960s and 70s of Belgian companies that ceased operations in the former colony, including geological maps.

From Barron's

British Waterways, a statutory body of the UK government, ceased to exist in 2012 and handed maintenance of canals and rivers to a series of 144 navigation authorities.

From Barron's

He added: "To have not ceased support ahead of a judicial conclusion was a clear error of judgement for which I apologise unreservedly."

From BBC

Without gas for its manufacturing process, the plant ceased production.

From The Wall Street Journal

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