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ending
Synonyms and Antonyms of ending
- the plagiarism scandal was a disgraceful ending to a once-promising academic career
capper, close, closing, conclusion, consummation, end, endgame, finale, finis, finish, grand finale, homestretch, mop-up, windup, wrap-up
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
- the best part about any dental procedure is its ending
arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination
Synonyms and Antonyms of ending
- let's end the meeting with a short prayer
putting paid to [chiefly British], ringing down the curtain (on)
- unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other
completing, concluding, finishing
blockading, blocking, damming, delaying, detaining, hindering, holding, holding back, impeding, kiboshing, obstructing, stemming
arresting, braking, checking, clamping down, reining (in), squashing, squelching, stamping, stanching (or staunching), stunting, suppressing, turning back
abolishing, aborting, annulling, demolishing, destroying, dissolving, killing, ruining, scuttling, snuffing
- a book so good that you hate to see it end
- a great general, who ended on the field of battle
checking out, conking (out), croaking [slang], deceasing, demising, departing, dropping, dying, exiting, expiring, falling, flatlining, going, kicking in [slang], kicking off [slang], parting, passing away, passing (on), pegging out [chiefly British], perishing, popping off, stepping out, succumbing
biting the dust, buying it (or buying the farm), giving up the ghost, kicking the bucket, snuffing it [British]
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