break, break off, discontinue, stop
(verb) prevent completion; “stop the project”; “break off the negotiations”
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
(verb) put an end to a state or an activity; “Quit teasing your little brother”
discontinue
(verb) come to or be at an end; “the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
discontinue (third-person singular simple present discontinues, present participle discontinuing, simple past and past participle discontinued)
To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.
• terminate
• break off
• continue
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`con*tin"ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuer.]
Definition: To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. Shak. Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. Holder.
Dis`con*tin"ue, v. i.
1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.
2. To be separated or severed; to part. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 March 2025
(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
