(to cease)
61cease — [[t]si͟ːs[/t]] ♦♦♦ ceases, ceasing, ceased 1) VERB If something ceases, it stops happening or existing. [FORMAL] At one o clock the rain had ceased. Syn: stop 2) VERB If you cease to do something, you stop doing it. [FORMAL] [V to inf] He never… …
62cease — [[t]sis[/t]] v. ceased, ceas•ing, n. 1) to stop; discontinue 2) to come to an end 3) Obs. to pass away; die out 4) to put a stop or end to; halt: to cease hostilities[/ex] 5) cessation: The noise continued without cease[/ex] • Etymology:… …
63cease and desist order — noun (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order • Syn: ↑injunction, ↑enjoining, ↑enjoinment • Derivationally… …
64cease fire — {v.} To give a military command ordering soldiers to stop shooting. * / Cease fire! the captain cried, and the shooting stopped./ …
65cease-fire — {n.} A period of negotiated nonaggression, when the warring parties involved promise not to attack. * /Unfortunately, the cease fire in Bosnia was broken many times by all parties concerned./ …
66cease fire — {v.} To give a military command ordering soldiers to stop shooting. * / Cease fire! the captain cried, and the shooting stopped./ …
67cease-fire — {n.} A period of negotiated nonaggression, when the warring parties involved promise not to attack. * /Unfortunately, the cease fire in Bosnia was broken many times by all parties concerned./ …
68cease fire line — See armistice demarcation line. See also armistice; cease fire …
69cease-fire — noun Date: 1859 1. a military order to cease firing 2. a suspension of active hostilities …
70cease-and-desist order — An order issued after notice and opportunity for hearing, requiring a depository institution, a holding company or a depository institution official to terminate unlawful, unsafe or unsound banking practices. Cease and desist orders are issued by …
