" discontinue "

1: to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end;

  * e.g., " ... the editors were told to discontinue the printing of rumors in the student paper immediately "

•  Synonyms : 

•  break,

•  break off,

•  break up,

•  can,

•  cease,

•  cut off,

•  cut out,

•  desist (from),

•  drop,

•  end,

•  give over,

•  halt,

•  knock off,

•  lay off,

•  leave off,

•  pack (up or in),

•  quit,

•  shut off,

•  stop

•  Antonyms : 

•  carry on,

•  continue,

•  keep,

•  keep up,

•  maintain

2: to stop doing (something) permanently;

  * e.g., " ... we have discontinued the manufacture of that item "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abandon,

•  drop,

•  give up,

•  knock off,

•  lay off (of),

•  pack (up or in),

•  quit

•  Antonyms : 

•  continue,

•  hang on,

•  persist

3: to come to an end;

  * e.g., " ... publication of the magazine will discontinue at the end of the year "

•  Synonyms : 

•  break off,

•  break up,

•  cease,

•  close,

•  conclude,

•  dead-end,

•  determine,

•  die,

•  elapse,

•  end,

•  expire,

•  finish,

•  go,

•  halt,

•  lapse,

•  leave off,

•  let up,

•  pass,

•  quit,

•  stop,

•  terminate,

•  wind up,

•  wink (out)

•  Antonyms : 

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