Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with cease in American Collocation
cease
verb
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/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.