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SURCEASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stopping

Example:

a cessation of the thunder

Synonyms:

cessation; surcease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("surcease" is a kind of...):

halt; stop (the event of something ending)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surcease"):

legal separation; separation ((law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb surcease

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