to put an end to; stop; terminate

to discontinue nuclear testing.

to cease to take, use, subscribe to, etc.

to discontinue a newspaper.

Law . to terminate or abandon (a suit, claim, or the like).

to come to an end or stop; cease; desist.

verb

carry on , continue , restart , retry

verb

abandon , bag it , blow off * , break off * , call it quits , cease , close , desist , disconnect , disjoin , dissever , disunite , drop , end , finish , give over , give up , halt , interpose , interrupt , intervene , kill , knock off * , leave off , part , pause , put an end to , quit , refrain from , scrub , separate , stop , surcease , suspend , terminate , arrest , belay , check , stall , stay , break off , relinquish , remit , break , gap , intermit , obsolesce , prorogue , sever