discontinue

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[ UK /dˌɪskəntˈɪnjuː/ ]
[ US /dɪskənˈtɪnju/ ]
VERB
  1. prevent completion
    break off the negotiations
    stop the project
  2. put an end to a state or an activity
    Quit teasing your little brother
  3. come to or be at an end
    the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31
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How To Use discontinue In A Sentence

  • The Ahmadiyah were explicitly "warned and ordered" that "as long as they consider themselves to hold to Islam, to discontinue the promulgation of interpretations and activities that are deviant from the principal teachings of Islam, that is to say the promulgation of beliefs that recognize a prophet with all his teachings who comes after the Prophet Muhammad SAW. The Heritage Foundation Papers
  • Having worked himself into this ridiculous kind of phrensy, which lasted, perhaps, from twenty to thirty seconds, he suddenly discontinued it, and suffered his features to relax into their natural form; but the motion of his head seemed to have so stupified him, as indeed it well might, that there remained an unusual vacancy and a drowsy stare upon his countenance for some time afterward. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
  • Microsoft has announced it will "discontinue" Xbox Live for the original Xbox and its games on April 15, including Xbox Originals and Xbox games playa ... *Shacknews* Games
  • The decision to discontinue participant recruitment after six couples was made on the basis of saturation of relevant themes, with couple six adding only one or two themes to each area of inquiry.
  • While many women discontinued their services along Beach Road, gays, ladyboys and ‘women of the second category’ did not.
  • Above you see two skeins of Rowanspun 4-ply, which is discontinued. Green apples - a knitting blog
  • The cross-country race was discontinued owing to a storm coming on suddenly when the race was in progress,and had to be rerun the next day.
  • The production of Kodachrome 40, better known as Super 8 film, is being discontinued.
  • Five court venues in County Mayo are to be discontinued as part of a major rationalisation by the Court Service.
  • Nicorandil was discontinued and the patients were begun on alternative anti - anginal medication.
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