DESISTED (FROM) Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

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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Like swimming, Golden's involvement with the university never stopped, either.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
The experiment eventually stopped when the catholyte gelled and blocked the flow channel.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of stopped

Verb

After 10 loud snores and two that were nearly inaudible, all movement ceased.

— MICHAEL GRACZYK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
No, this wasn’t a major ordeal during the game, with both teams adapting during the moments in which communication ceased for a few seconds, but the concern is still valid.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of ceased

Verb

The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen's civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
The conflict, which ended the following year, claimed over 100,000 lives and contributed to famine in the region.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of ended

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Following the coach’s firing in July 2023, more than 260 Northwestern faculty members signed a petition calling for the stadium plans to be halted until at least athletic department’s problems could be sorted out.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
While the ceasefire halted the heaviest fighting and humanitarian conditions have improved, the Israeli military has expanded its control of Gaza and now occupies some 60% of the territory.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of halted

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Shortly after Macklemore’s dismissal, the remaining supporting acts for Sheeran’s tour, including Grammy winner Finneas and folk band Beoga (Sheeran’s backing band), quit the Loop tour in solidarity.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
The other supporting acts on Sheeran’s tour quit in solidarity with Macklemore.

— Brie Stimson , Kelley Kramer, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of quit

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At the new Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, Simpson, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was left off the team's new Wall of Fame, which honors the greatest players in team history.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Chicago loaded the bases off Cleveland's Craig Yoho on a pair of walks and a single before Chase Meidroth hit an RBI single, Randal Grichuk had a sacrifice fly and Vargas ripped a single into left off reliever Hunter Gaddis.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of left off

Verb

Kingsolver cut off her waist-length hair and started wearing combat boots and an Army overcoat.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Now their campaign appears to be entering a new phase, with a major offensive aimed at cutting off government forces in a central part of Yemen.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of cut off

Verb

For now, the company is limited to just 15 minutes of operation in space before the chips have to be shut off to cool back down.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
Epigenetic control — the means by which an organism can dial the expression of its genetic repertoire up or down, or shut off the expression of some genes entirely — may have evolved first to bring transposons to heel.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

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