laid off

verb

past tense of lay off
as in stopped
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laid off
  1. stopped
  2. ceased
  3. ended
  4. halted
  5. quit
  6. shut off
  7. broke off
  8. left off
Verb
  • After Blake Street Cemetery stopped accepting new burials in 1931, New Haven began relying on another paupers’ cemetery located on Woodin Street.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
  • On May 2, 2024, in the midst of worsening conditions in Gaza, Petro severed diplomatic relations with Israel and stopped lucrative exports of coal to Israel, as well as all weapons deals.
    — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • Between August 2024 and this past June, JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France reported that 457 factories ceased operations, leaving roughly 240,000 workers unemployed.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
  • Talbot’s horse ahead stopped automatically when the urging from behind ceased.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
Definition of ceased
Verb
  • The relationship began several months after Sweeney ended her engagement to longtime partner Jonathan Davino, while Braun had been divorced from entrepreneur Yael Cohen since 2022.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • The stock ended last week on a six-day losing streak and sits 8% below its IPO price of $135 (and almost 40% below its record close on June 16).
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Definition of ended
Verb
  • The state Department of Environmental Protection halted the practice in 2018, but residents continue to report oil and gas brine being spread in their communities.
    — Nathaniel Warner, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • South African President Cyril Ramaphosa secured a reprieve after a court decision on Friday temporarily halted a parliamentary impeachment probe into the leader of Africa’s biggest economy.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of halted
Verb
  • John Healey quit his former post last month after accusing then-premier Keir Starmer of endangering Britain by not committing to spending 3% of GDP on defense by 2030.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
  • After the 2023 complaint, Benton wasn’t interviewed by House leadership for an astounding three months, by which point the staffer had already quit her job, according to Tribune reporting.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of quit
Verb
  • Authorities in New Delhi cut off mobile internet, put up barricades and shut off metro train stations near the protest site.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
  • The second test will be more ambitious, with the rocket launching to 10km, shutting off its engine, and then restarting to land on deployable legs.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of shut off
Verb
  • Moorby broke off the left wing and combined with his Hurricanes teammate, scrumhalf Cam Roigard to score two minutes after the resumption.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
  • The Italian shipwreck that killed 32 people Local media in Greece reported that a piece of engine broke off and smashed a window during the flight on Friday, causing the cabin to decompress and sucking one passenger partially out of the window.
    — Renee Maltezou, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of broke off
Verb
  • Back to where the last film left off, for you what are the benefits of that and what are the detriments?
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 23 July 2026
  • Bayley seemed to be headed in a similar direction for WrestleMania 42, where she was left off the famed poker table photo for the Vegas event.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of left off
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