cease
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo stop.
Example:
And with that, his twitching ceased.
- nounCessation; extinction (see without cease).
- verbTo stop doing (something).
Example:
And with that, he ceased twitching.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #631 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 77% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 3 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: e