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discontinue
[ dis-kuhn-tin-yoo ]
verb (used with object)
to discontinue nuclear testing.
Antonyms:
- to cease to take, use, subscribe to, etc.:
to discontinue a newspaper.
- Law. to terminate or abandon (a suit, claim, or the like).
discontinue
/ ˌɪəˈɪː /
verb
- to come or bring to an end; interrupt or be interrupted; stop
- tr law to terminate or abandon (an action, suit, etc)
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱DzˈپԳܲԳ, noun
- ˌ徱DzˈپԳܱ, noun
- ˌ徱DzˌپԳˈپDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- 徱cDz·پu· noun
- ܲd·Dz·پu adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of discontinue1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Mondelēz did not indicate if its dark chocolate Toblerone was being discontinued elsewhere besides the UK, or if other sizes will also be discontinued.
In Sufrin’s study, two-thirds of prisons and three-quarters of jails that did provide medication-assisted treatment to pregnant people discontinued it after mothers gave birth.
The agency followed up in November 2013, ordering the firm to “immediately discontinue marketing” its test kit until it got FDA approval.
The Humanitarian Research Lab said in a statement that they had been notified "that government funding for their work on the war in Ukraine has been discontinued".
Ofcom has now discontinued the remaining six investigations into possible breaches of rules prohibiting politicians from presenting news programmes.
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