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- let's end the meeting with a short prayer
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- puts paid to
- [chiefly British],
- rings down the curtain (on)
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- unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other
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- breaks,
- breaks off,
- breaks up,
- cans
- [slang],
- ceases,
- cuts off,
- cuts out,
- desists (from),
- discontinues,
- drops,
- gives over,
- halts,
- knocks off,
- lays off,
- leaves off,
- packs (up or in),
- quits,
- shuts off,
- stops
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- blockades,
- blocks,
- dams,
- delays,
- detains,
- hinders,
- holds,
- holds back,
- impedes,
- kiboshes,
- obstructs,
- stems
- arrests,
- brakes,
- checks,
- clamps down,
- reins (in),
- squashes,
- squelches,
- stamps,
- stanches
- (or staunches),
- stunts,
- suppresses,
- turns back
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- a book so good that you hate to see it end
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- breaks off,
- breaks up,
- ceases,
- closes,
- concludes,
- dead-ends,
- determines,
- dies,
- discontinues,
- elapses,
- expires,
- finishes,
- goes,
- halts,
- lapses,
- leaves off,
- lets up,
- passes,
- quits,
- stops,
- terminates,
- winds up,
- winks (out)
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- a great general, who ended on the field of battle
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- bites the dust,
- buys it
- (or buys the farm),
- gives up the ghost,
- kicks the bucket,
- snuffs it
- [British]
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ends
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of ends (Entry 2 of 2)
- the end of hostilities brought general rejoicing
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- I'm at the end of my patience with these little brats
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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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- acmes,
- apexes
- (or apices),
- capstones,
- climaxes,
- copestones,
- coups de grâce
- (or coups de grace),
- crescendos
- (also crescendoes or crescendi),
- crowns,
- culminations,
- high-water marks,
- meridians,
- peaks,
- pinnacles,
- summits,
- tip-tops,
- tops,
- zeniths
- aftermaths,
- anticlimaxes,
- codas,
- epilogues
- (also epilogs),
- postscripts
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- the ends of his shirt cuffs were badly frayed
Synonyms for ends
- borderlines,
- borders,
- boundaries,
- bounds,
- brims,
- circumferences,
- compasses,
- confines,
- edges,
- edgings,
- frames,
- fringes,
- hems,
- margins,
- perimeters,
- peripheries,
- rims,
- skirtings,
- skirts,
- verges
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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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- allotments,
- allowances,
- cuts,
- parts,
- pieces,
- portions,
- proportions,
- quotas,
- shares,
- slices,
- takes
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“Ends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ends. Accessed 20 Jun. 2021.
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