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Definition of cessation:

  • (noun) a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"

Sentence Examples:

The new life is eternal; it continues without cessation or intermission.

The only real lull was a cessation in attacks on liners.

Universally, upon the cessation of barbarism, the feudal forms were adopted.

There was no cessation or diminution of effort during the afternoon.

No rain, no cessation of its suffocating fury night or day.

The immediate cessation of the pestilence seemed to verify this interpretation.

A virtually continuous cannonade continued from dawn to darkness without cessation.

My ears perceived a cessation of the following swish, the tread.

The king issued peremptory orders for the immediate cessation of hostilities.

In the cessation of the impassioned murmur she began to reflect.

Evidently there is a cessation of singing during the molting period.

These descriptions really make us regret the cessation of such festivities.

By armistice is understood a temporary cessation of hostilities by agreement.

Lulls there have been, but no lasting cessation of the strife.

A cessation of hostilities between belligerent nations for a considerable time.

There was no indication of a cessation of hostilities by the insurgents.

The bombardment continued all day and all night without cessation.

He entered into a treaty securing a cessation of his tyrannical acts.

It does not lie in our power to order the cessation of atrocities.

Such hideous carnage seemed at last to cry aloud to Heaven for cessation.

With the cessation of these older species others make their entrance.

For the present, the cessation of armaments is the first stage.

The sudden cessation of these bounties was a grievous and significant calamity.

The sea curled over the stern, obliging them to bale without cessation.

On the cessation of excitation the specimen gradually recovers its original length.

They were entrusted with the power to propose a cessation of arms.

The cessation of a familiar clamor is more startling than a sudden cry.

Their night-firing would slacken almost to cessation for many minutes together.

Complete virginity or entire cessation of sexual commerce is more commendable than marriage.

The effort that you give without cessation I simply abstain from giving.

Another result was the entire cessation of the illicit smuggling of letters.

On the contrary supposition, their cessation and diminution should be almost sudden.

The cessation of the rains is followed by a period of steamy heat.

After the cessation of severe toil, how much time should expire before eating?

In degeneracy there is suppression of form corresponding to the cessation of work.

Foggy weather on some days necessitated the suspension or entire cessation of firing.

The instantaneous cessation of his verbal flow curiously piqued the girl's attention.

He was industriously and without cessation winding the handle of the siren.

It is an interjection enforcing cessation of any action, like, be quiet, have done.

Thenceforward to his fortieth year his military expeditions scarcely knew any cessation.

The whites, exhausted and cut up, joyfully welcomed a cessation of hostilities.

With the cessation of the footfalls, another sound smote upon their ears.

Peace by treaty is only a cessation of violence for a reformation of sentiment.

The first article in the capitulation, provided for the cessation of hostilities.

Priests and priestesses watched without cessation that the fire should be fed.

Life, its performance, cessation, is no new thing to gape and wonder at.

As is usually the case, the cessation of dividends awakened the sleeping stockholders.

In most cases, women do not conceive before menstruation, nor after its cessation.

Undeniably, these measures often result in a complete cessation of the nocturnal symptoms.

There was no cessation of watchfulness on the part of the so-called Rev.

Passing from one hallucination to another, he insisted on a general cessation of labor.

Their commander ordered the cessation of the bombardment and ordered the advance.

The workers had lost nothing through the rash cessation of the masons.

The wind had abated slightly, but there was no cessation of the downpour.

There was a sudden cessation to all the clamor as the accident happened.

Then it reopened and lasted without cessation throughout the remainder of the day.

Many of them are temporary and fluctuating; they admit of cessation and variety.

They sprawled on the grass at the sudden cessation of the favoring gale.

Only he mumbles to himself without cessation, "Three, seven, ace; three, seven, queen!"

A temporary cessation of hostility now occurred between the people and the soldiery.

With the cessation of saying masses for the dead its religious character expired.

Her Majesty's Government felt that that cessation was an object of European interest.

This particular fact was the one which cessation from opium more distinctly unmasked.

The Stoic doctrine of the soul affirms the cessation of existence after death.

Deputations from all corners of the Union harassed him without cessation or intermission.

This sudden slackening of the ice was due to the total cessation of wind.

There seem to be resting phases, epochs of apparent quiescence, the cessation of struggle.

Especially important is this in connection with the cessation or diminution of the discharge.

What we are aiming at is the overthrow of militarism and the cessation of bloodshed.

An armistice is the cessation of active hostilities for a period, agreed upon between belligerents.

The other animals became excited by them; they roared and snarled without cessation.

Sick and wounded men do not recover miraculously with the cessation of hostilities.

All the while he was watching mercilessly for the cessation of the struggles.

The men, accustomed from their earliest days to hard labor, toiled away without cessation.

On the cessation of the current its magnetism in part or almost completely disappears.

Those beacons, even though they subsided at regular intervals, quickly reappeared after each cessation.

During the menstrual flow there should be an entire cessation of the conjugal act.

For a short time, there was a cessation of disputes, and efforts at conciliation.

In his large quiet atmosphere communication flowed, following serenely on the cessation of sound.

After the vernal equinox, the cessation of the breezes announces the season of rains.

The cessation of the oration waked up the contractor, and Peter's outline was read aloud.

For does not 'a cessation of hostilities' presuppose parties of equal sovereignty on both sides?

As darkness hovered over them there were no signs of the cessation of the combat.

The consequent slackening or cessation of production in that line throws nobody out of employment.

There was neither cessation to it nor paroxysm, neither surging up nor dying away.

The observance of the law is strongly urged, and the cessation of prophecy deplored.

For ten days the furious cannonade continued, on both sides, without a moment's cessation.

The decline and cessation of impulse is that which brings the projectile to rest.

Because of this cessation of his outcries he became aware that his brother was also shouting.

The truth of all which was speedily verified by the cessation of the pestilence.

The rivalry between museum and museum would alone prevent a cessation of this indiscriminate traffic.

Soon after that came the cessation of hostilities, following on the signing of the armistice.

Determination and courage falsified the calculations at Versailles of a quick cessation of the resistance.

A few days after the cessation of play hardly a gambler remained in the place.

I was conscious of a rhythmic motion, and a dull, squeaky sound, repeated without cessation.

A new constitution will probably be provided in connection with the cessation of American occupation.

Weakness of the heart and possible cessation occur only during the climax or convalescence.

The driver was only astonished that this cessation of speed had not come sooner.

From his station amidships he had noted the sudden cessation of all activity forward.

Below reigned that luxurious sense of quiet which ensues on the cessation of a turbulent commotion.