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discontinue

Main Entry:: dis·con·tin·ue
Pronunciation:: \ˌdis-kən-ˈtin-(ˌ)yü\
Function:: verb
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French discontinuer, from Medieval Latin discontinuare, from Latin dis- + continuare to continue
Date:: 14th century

transitive verb 1 : to break the continuity of : cease to operate, administer, use, produce, or take 2 : to abandon or terminate by a legal discontinuance intransitive verb : to come to an end

synonyms see stop

— dis·con·tin·u·a·tion

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\-kən-ˌtin-yə-ˈwā-shən, -yü-ˈā-\ noun

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