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1. cease
verb. ['ˈsiːs'] put an end to a state or an activity.
Synonyms
- give up
- shut off
- knock off
- close off
- quit
- call it a day
- leave off
- call it quits
- sign off
- drop
- stop
- discontinue
- cheese
- retire
- withdraw
- break
- lay off
Antonyms
- imperfection
- phase in
- open
- hire
Etymology
- cesen (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Rhymes with Cease Fire
- ceasefire
Sentences with cease-fire
1. Noun Phrase
If Israel and Palestine can call a cease fire, so can you.
2. cease
verb. ['ˈsiːs'] have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
Synonyms
- terminate
- go out
- run out
- climax
- run short
- conclude
- pass away
- close
- turn out
- culminate
- break
- vanish
- come out
- lapse
- go
- go away
- end
- stop
- disappear
- break up
- discontinue
- run low
- cut out
- adjourn
- recess
Antonyms
- continue
- victory
- start
- refrain
Etymology
- cesen (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. fire
noun. ['ˈfaɪɝ, ˈfaɪr'] the event of something burning (often destructive).
Synonyms
- brush fire
- smoulder
- occurrence
- happening
- bonfire
- smolder
- conflagration
- prairie fire
- smudge
- campfire
- backfire
- forest fire
- inferno
- balefire
- natural event
- grassfire
Antonyms
- stay in place
- open
- thicken
- tune
Etymology
- fier (Middle English (1100-1500))
- fyr (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. fire
verb. ['ˈfaɪɝ, ˈfaɪr'] start firing a weapon.
Synonyms
- open fire
- shoot
Antonyms
- lower
- demote
- descent
Etymology
- fier (Middle English (1100-1500))
- fyr (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. fire
noun. ['ˈfaɪɝ, ˈfaɪr'] the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy.
Synonyms
- counterpreparation fire
- preparation fire
- covering fire
- counterfire
- direct fire
- crossfire
- registration fire
- volley
- shelling
- fusillade
- observed fire
- attack
- scheduled fire
- fratricide
- antiaircraft fire
- concentrated fire
- cover
- cannon fire
- indirect fire
- unobserved fire
- destruction fire
- burst
- distributed fire
- supporting fire
- battery
- onslaught
- massed fire
- artillery fire
- neutralization fire
- firing
- harassing fire
- suppressive fire
- interdiction fire
- call fire
- radar fire
- salvo
- broadside
- searching fire
- onset
- bombardment
- hostile fire
- barrage
- onrush
- friendly fire
- grazing fire
Antonyms
- cool
- coldness
- anestrus
- unemotionality
Etymology
- fier (Middle English (1100-1500))
- fyr (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. fire
verb. ['ˈfaɪɝ, ˈfaɪr'] cause to go off.
Synonyms
- pop
- loose off
- blast
- discharge
- let drive
- shoot
- fusillade
- let fly
Antonyms
- calmness
- disorganise
- disorganize
- uninteresting
Etymology
- fier (Middle English (1100-1500))
- fyr (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. fire
verb. ['ˈfaɪɝ, ˈfaɪr'] bake in a kiln so as to harden.
Antonyms
- wake
Etymology
- fier (Middle English (1100-1500))
- fyr (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. fire
verb. ['ˈfaɪɝ, ˈfaɪr'] terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
Synonyms
- terminate
- dismiss
- pension off
- give the sack
- clean out
- force out
- send packing
- can
- give notice
- drop
- sack
- squeeze out
- give the axe
- remove
- retire
- displace
- furlough
- lay off
Antonyms
- functional disorder
- organic disorder
- organized
- untroubled
Etymology
- fier (Middle English (1100-1500))
- fyr (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. fire
noun. ['ˈfaɪɝ, ˈfaɪr'] the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke.
Synonyms
- blaze
- burning
- flare
- ignition
- flaming
- blazing
- flame
Antonyms
- succumb
- curse
- bless
- deaden
Etymology
- fier (Middle English (1100-1500))
- fyr (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. fire
verb. ['ˈfaɪɝ, ˈfaɪr'] go off or discharge.
Synonyms
- discharge
Antonyms
- powerlessness
- uninterestingness
Etymology
- fier (Middle English (1100-1500))
- fyr (Old English (ca. 450-1100))