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discontinue


verb
1. put an end to a state or an activity (Freq. 4)
- Quit teasing your little brother
Syn:
stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Ant:
continue
Derivationally related forms:
cessation (for: cease), cease (for: cease), stop (for: stop), stoppage (for: stop), discontinuation, discontinuance
Hyponyms:
drop, knock off, leave off, sign off, retire,
withdraw, pull the plug, shut off, close off, cheese, call it quits,
call it a day, break
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE (for: cease)
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE (for: stop)
2. come to or be at an end (Freq. 2)
- the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31
Ant:
continue
Hypernyms:
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Hyponyms:
taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle, leave off,
run out, expire
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. prevent completion
- stop the project
- break off the negotiations
Syn:
break, break off, stop
Derivationally related forms:
stop (for: stop), discontinuation
Hypernyms:
end, terminate
Hyponyms:
fracture, bog down, bog, interrupt, disrupt,
break up, cut off
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

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