DESISTS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

desists

verb

present tense third-person singular of desist

as in ceases

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The audience ceases to be a destination for your voice and becomes the structure that shapes it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
But ultimately, for Liu, the initial concept ceases to matter; the act of constructing the image itself becomes more important than the starting point.

— Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of ceases

Verb

The order will be effective for seven days unless the mayor terminates it earlier.

— Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2026
With the Bridge program scheduled to expire at the end of 2027, a question looms regarding what will happen when the initiative terminates.

— Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of terminates

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Atlanta finishes the regular season with back-to-back games at sixth-place New York (26-16).

— Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The sandwiches are always prepared to order, and the bread, made using their own recipe, finishes baking just minutes before being served.

— Emma Bocchi, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of finishes

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The annual promotion from the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, which usually concludes at the end of September, is still going at area restaurants, many of them joining for the first time.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
The name change will happen after the 2026 regular season concludes.

— Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of concludes

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The Cowboys get the benefit of a Zay Flowers drop on third down that stops the red-hot Ravens offense in the red zone.

— Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2026
When Bender considers moving to a rival network, Wever fleshes out the tough carapace of a woman who, even under the thorniest of circumstances, never stops calculating her next move.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of stops

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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

Definition of discontinues

Verb

This natural inversion destroys leadership, fractures relationships and halts self-improvement.

— Brendan Keegan, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
This halts the nuclear fusion process — which involves converting that hydrogen to helium — leading to the stars collapsing and shedding their outer layers to become a white dwarf with around the mass of the sun crammed into the width of Earth.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of halts

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