The Clue
Put a stop to (5 letter answer)
The Answer
CEASE
Tags
Notes
The answer CEASE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Avast!"
Desist
___ and desist
Discontinue
End
___ fire
___-fire
Halt
Quit
Stop
Suspend
Terminate
Break off
Come to an end
Cut out
Desist's partner
"Hold it!"
Leave off
Partner of desist
Put an end to
Shut down
Word with desist
Wrap up
"Cut it out!"
Do not continue
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"