Cease | Mean of cease in English Dictionary

/ˈsiːs/

• Verb
• to stop happening
1. The fighting along the border has temporarily ceased.
2. The conversation abruptly ceased. [=halted]
3. The noise ceased [=stopped] altogether.
4. when the weary cease from their labors [=when people who are very tired stop working]
5. The company was ordered by the court to cease and desist from selling the photographs. [=was ordered to immediately stop selling the photographs]
• to stop doing (something)
1. The factory ceased operations last year.
2. The child would not cease his constant whining/complaining.
3. The soldiers were ordered to cease fire. [=to stop shooting their weapons]
4. The program would cease to exist without private funding.
5. He had long ceased to have any regrets.
6. Her courage never ceases to amaze me. [=I am always amazed by her courage]