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past tense of discontinue
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1
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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- blockaded,
- blocked,
- dammed,
- delayed,
- detained,
- held,
- held back,
- hindered,
- impeded,
- kiboshed,
- obstructed,
- stemmed
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2
to stop doing (something) permanently
- we have discontinued the manufacture of that item
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- abandoned,
- dropped,
- gave up,
- knocked off,
- laid off (of),
- packed (up or in),
- quit
- (also quitted)
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3
to come to an end
- publication of the magazine will discontinue at the end of the year
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The first known use of discontinued was in 1886
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