DISCONTINUES Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

discontinues

verb

present tense third-person singular of discontinue

as in ceases

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end the editors were told to discontinue the printing of rumors in the student paper immediately

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as in abandons

to stop doing (something) permanently we have discontinued the manufacture of that item

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as in stops

to come to an end publication of the magazine will discontinue at the end of the year

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Recent Examples of discontinues Apple typically discontinues outdated products once their replacements go on sale. — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026 Southwest Airlines announced that more than 100 employees' jobs would be affected this summer after the airline discontinues its service at Chicago's O’Hare International Airport. — Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026 The sessions will take place as the IDFA Forum discontinues the conventional post-pitch feedback format. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025 If Washington discontinues counterterrorism support to Damascus, the Syrian government may fail to unify the country and prevent ISIS’s return. — Caroline Rose, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025

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If the person holding key intellectual property or leading the company risks losing status, immigration planning ceases to be a personal ordeal.

— Bernardo Saraiva, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
There is a point beyond which the scale of a threat or a danger ceases to scare us.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of ceases

Verb

In an elaborate fairy-tale takeoff, Homer abandons Bart and Lisa in the middle of the woods to help solve the family’s food-shortage problem.

— Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
In the film, Coon plays Rita Cooper, a Holocaust survivor who abandons her family to join up with a mysterious commune.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of abandons

Verb

The New Braunfels, Texas, resident kept a frenetic touring schedule, headlining major Texas venues and mid-sized dance halls around the country, with occasional arena or amphitheater stops opening for Koe Wetzel thrown in.

— Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026
Nighttime mouth breathing is associated with snoring, dry mouth, receding gums and sleep apnea, a disorder in which breathing stops repeatedly during sleep.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of stops

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Continue reading â¦ CIVIC BREAKDOWN â Town's entire police force quits after bitter feud with city leaders boils over.

— , FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Every researcher who quits Anthropic to write a viral letter about extinction is casting himself, in the drama running in his own head, as Oppenheimer walking away from the bomb.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of quits

Verb

When the school day ends, the campus keeps serving families through aftercare, summer camp and school-break programs.

— Tim Lonergan, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Daylight saving time ends on the first Sunday in November, according to Time and Date, an online world clock.

— Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of ends

Verb

But because nothing can be easy for the Azul V’s Charlie Brown, Sen accidentally drops the harness that attaches the Jet Ski to the crane in the water.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026
The Archuleta County Sheriff's Office is coordinating rescues and emergency supply drops for people unable to leave their homes.

— Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of drops

Verb

So Skydance is hardly in position to spend $20 million to $30 million a year on Aikman or compete with ESPN to land Olsen, whose Fox contract expires after the season.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
The timeline calls for the Royals to move to the new stadium a year before the team’s lease at Kauffman Stadium expires.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

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