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What does cease mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cease? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (formal, intransitive) To stop.
  2. (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
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In both shade cases, simulated rattlesnakes cease all nocturnal activity and become completely diurnal.
The lines between good and bad cease to exist as the white hats do terrible things for the best of reasons.
The word may eventually cease to have any real significance, except in a historical context.
The Government should cease interfering with the judiciary and start levelling with the citizenry.
But even as I willed my weary body into sleep, my mind did not cease to race with thoughts.
The red-carpet treatment didn't even cease when the plane stopped for fuel.

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