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(Entry 1 of 2)
- let's end the meeting with a short prayer
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- put paid to
- [chiefly British],
- ring down the curtain (on)
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- begin,
- commence,
- inaugurate,
- open,
- start
- unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other
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- a book so good that you hate to see it end
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- a great general, who ended on the field of battle
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- bite the dust,
- buy it
- (or buy the farm),
- give up the ghost,
- kick the bucket,
- snuff it
- [British]
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of end (Entry 2 of 2)
- the end of hostilities brought general rejoicing
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- arrest,
- arrestment,
- cease,
- cessation,
- check,
- close,
- closedown,
- closure,
- conclusion,
- cutoff,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- ending,
- expiration,
- finish,
- halt,
- lapse,
- offset,
- shutdown,
- shutoff,
- stay,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- surcease,
- termination
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- I'm at the end of my patience with these little brats
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- bound,
- boundary,
- cap,
- ceiling,
- confines,
- extent,
- limit,
- limitation,
- line,
- termination
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- a couple of ends of wallpaper were all that was left after we finished papering the room
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- in this case the ends definitely do not justify the means
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- the war wasn't yet over, but we were definitely at the beginning of the end
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- capper,
- close,
- closing,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- endgame,
- ending,
- finale,
- finis,
- finish,
- grand finale,
- homestretch,
- mop-up,
- windup,
- wrap-up
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- acme,
- apex,
- capstone,
- climax,
- copestone,
- coup de grâce
- (or coup de grace),
- crescendo,
- crown,
- culmination,
- high-water mark,
- meridian,
- peak,
- pinnacle,
- summit,
- tip-top,
- top,
- zenith
- aftermath,
- anticlimax,
- coda,
- epilogue
- (also epilog),
- postscript
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- the ends of his shirt cuffs were badly frayed
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- Henry Hudson and eight others were set adrift in the bay in a small boat, and how they met their end is unknown
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- keep up your end of the bargain
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The first known use of end was before the 12th century
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