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The Clue

Have done with (5 letter answer)

The Answer

CEASE

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Notes

The answer CEASE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.

Related Clues

Culminate
Desist
___ and desist
Discontinue
End
___-fire
Halt
Quit
Stop
Terminate
Break off
Come to a halt
Cut out
Desist's partner
Fade out
Knock off
Leave off
Partner of desist
Put an end to
"Stop it!"
Word with desist
Knock it off
"To ___ upon the midnight . . . ": Keats

Definition

CEASE as a noun:

1. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

CEASE as a verb:

1. (discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off) = put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
2. (end, stop, finish, terminate, cease) = have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"