PACKED (UP OR IN) Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

packed (up or in)

verb

Definition of packed (up or in)

past tense of pack (up or in)

as in ceased

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant

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as in abandoned

to stop doing (something) permanently after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army

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Chipotle has not used jalapeños from Coast Citrus Distributors since July 20, and Qdoba has ceased using the product since July 28.

— Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2026
At moments like that, Out of the Further captures something of the goofy spirit of Wes Craven’s Nightmare on Elm Street movies, which also sent their characters into dimensions where reason ceased to function and dream logic ruled.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of ceased

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Hutton wanted to stay in the game after his playing career ended.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
Woodland, who entered the final 18-hole round tied for fourth place, six shots behind eventual champion Wyndham Clark, ended Sunday’s round in that same fourth-place slot with Collin Morikawa and Chris Gotterup following rounds of 64-65-70-69.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of ended

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Program discontinued while lawsuit proceeds Hanaway withdrew her motion for preliminary injunction, which sought to suspend the program while the lawsuit was pending, after the city ended the program.

— Jack Harvel August 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
That's possibly because Starlink briefly discontinued the perk, but not before the customer had already subscribed to the Max plan, a nuance the AI may have failed to understand.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of discontinued

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After loading the AliExpress homepage, audio from his phone stopped playing over his multipoint headphones, which accept connections from more than one device at a time.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
His wife, Sheila, has also stopped working to serve as his full-time caregiver.

— sameen, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of stopped

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The Stones somehow didn’t hit South America until 1995, a couple years after Wyman quit the band.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Bannerman centers on the eponymous Paul Bannerman, a lethal covert operative who convinces a group of the world’s most deadly assassins to quit the spy game for a chance to lead normal lives in the suburbs of Connecticut.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of quit

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Today, a federal court halted it before this administration could wreak havoc on our elections.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The near miss raised questions about why the commercial flight was cleared for takeoff while Marine One was preparing to depart, a period when airline traffic is typically halted around presidential helicopter operations.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of halted

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Despite meeting or beating estimates, shares dropped as investors remained unimpressed.

— Arjun Kharpal,Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Liberty Christian dropped a heartbreaker in the season opener, losing a big lead before falling to Midland Christian 66-63.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026

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