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What does cease mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cease? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (formal, intransitive) To stop.
  2. (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
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In both shade cases, simulated rattlesnakes cease all nocturnal activity and become completely diurnal.
The word may eventually cease to have any real significance, except in a historical context.
A meeting of Skipton Rural Council decided to cease offering council houses for the time being.
The red-carpet treatment didn't even cease when the plane stopped for fuel.
These beats often take a long time to appear, may fade or cease only to reappear again much later.
The lines between good and bad cease to exist as the white hats do terrible things for the best of reasons.

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