cease

(noun, verb)

noun

1. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

Definition categories: time, end, ending

verb

1. put an end to a state or an activity

Similar word(s): discontinue, quit, stop

Definition categories: stative

2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Similar word(s): end, finish, stop, terminate

Definition categories: stative

Sentences with cease as a verb:

- And with that, his twitching ceased.

- And with that, he ceased twitching.