desisted (from)

verb

past tense of desist (from)
as in stopped
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desisted (from)
  1. stopped
  2. ceased
  3. ended
  4. halted
  5. quit
  6. left off
  7. cut off
  8. shut off
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said Friday afternoon that all four Moscow airports -- Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky -- stopped flights arriving and departing for security reasons.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • If only the Hornets could have stopped the game after one possession apiece.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • The flagship journal has stopped accepting manuscripts and grant reviews, fundraisers, and educational activities have ceased.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After dramatically reducing the number of children in hotels over the past three years, DHS ceased the practice entirely in November 2025.
    — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of ceased
Verb
  • Mitchell ended the night with 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the field and 4-of-4 shooting on threes and seven assists.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
  • That ended a 144-minute scoreless streak for Angel City keeper Angelina Anderson.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of ended
Verb
  • In particular, Steven Tyler gave no evidence of the vocal injury that halted the abortive 2023 tour.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Virgin Galactic halted commercial flights of its previous vehicle, VSS Unity, in 2024.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of halted
Verb
  • Construction crews are continuing work on a major anti-flooding project in the West Avenue neighborhood of Miami Beach despite a lawsuit filed by the contractor, which wants to quit the project.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The puppeteering incenses Morgan, who storms into Cathcarts to demand his lawyers quit playing games and get on with litigation already.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of quit
Verb
  • In October, the company reached out to Mazur with an offer to pick up where Aydin left off, this time at a clinic in the Dominican Republic.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The driving rain is going to make things much more difficult, but Folk's kick was wide left off his foot.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of left off
Verb
  • Police in South Africa have arrested five suspects in connection with a violent farm robbery in the North West province in which a 50-year-old farmer was shot and had his ears cut off.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The village of Chama in New Mexico was evacuated and cut off by road closures.
    — Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of cut off
Verb
  • One in six households can’t afford to reliably put food on their table, and Texans have had their electricity shut off at one of the highest rates in the United States.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Musk previously ordered SpaceX engineers to shut off Starlink's satellite network over Crimea to thwart a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships, according to a chapter in the 2023 Musk biography written by Walter Isaacson.
    — Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of shut off
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