discontinue

1. Put an end to a state or an activity (synset 202686624)
   "Quit teasing your little brother"
   subtypes:

   • drop, knock off - stop pursuing or acting
   • leave off - stop using
   • sign off - cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations
   • retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation
   • pull the plug - prevent from happening or continuing
   • close off, shut off - stem the flow of
   • cheese - used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)
   • call it a day, call it quits - stop doing what one is doing
   • break - give up
   same as: cease, give up, lay off, quit, stop
2. Come to or be at an end (synset 202689663)
   "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31"
   is a type of: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
   subtypes:

   • fizzle, fizzle out, peter out, taper off - end weakly
   • leave off - come to an end, stop or cease
   • expire, run out - lose validity
3. Prevent completion (synset 200363001)
   "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
   is a type of: end, terminate - bring to an end or halt
   subtypes:

   • fracture - become fractured
   • bog, bog down - get stuck while doing something
   • break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt - make a break in
   same as: break, break off, stop

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