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Common collocations with cease in American Collocation

cease verb

US /sis/

immediately

forthwith
immediately

This practice is most undesirable and must cease forthwith.

suddenly

abruptly
suddenly

And then the battle ceased as suddenly as it began.

completely or permanently

altogether
completely
entirely
permanently

Visibility then became very poor and firing ceased altogether.

almost

almost
practically
virtually

Clearance for agriculture has virtually ceased but continues for residential and tourist development.

in effect

effectively

With the budget cuts new building has effectively ceased.

finally

eventually
finally

Tin mining only finally ceased at the end of the 20th century.

for a short time

temporarily

Weather forecasts temporarily ceased, although storm warnings were continued.

fighting

bombardment
fighting
firing
gunfire
hostilities
operations

Once hostilities ceased, we separated and went our own ways.

activity

activities
activity

The charity is flourishing but our fundraising activities never cease.

At the moment of death all brain activity ceases.

production or trading

operations
production
trading

Production at the car plant ceased in 2005.