adj.

• cyclic
,
• every other
,
• alternate
,
• broken
,
• interrupted
,
• arrested
,
• hit-or-miss
,
• infrequent
,
• checked
,
• fitful
,
• here and there
,
• epochal
,
• discontinuous
,
• cyclical
.

v.

• define
,
• discharge
,
• extinguish
,
• fire
,
• confine
,
• bound
,
• bounce
,
• annul
.

• insinuate
,
• impede
,
• arrest
,
• inject
,
• edge in
,
• horn in
,
• infringe
,
• check
,
• divide
,
• barge in
,
• in
,
• heckle
,
• hinder
,
• chime in
,
• disturb
,
• crash
,
• butt in
.

• demise
,
• ebb
,
• go
,
• dwindle
,
• blow over
,
• disappear
,
• fade
,
• decease
,
• depart
,
• cash in
,
• evaporate
.

• dissolve
,
• expire
,
• dispose of
,
• cut short
,
• achieve
,
• complete
,
• crown
,
• accomplish
.

• go away
,
• bifurcate
,
• disunify
,
• diverge
,
• estrange
.

• chicken out
,
• discontinue
,
• discard
,
• cop out
,
• ditch
,
• abdicate
,
• drop out
,
• desert
,
• bail out
,
• flake out
,
• bow out
,
• dust
,
• dump
,
• duck
,
• back out
.

• break with
,
• forsake
,
• disown
,
• divorce
,
• eighty-six
,
• abort
,
• forfeit
,
• adios
,
• dismiss
.

• defer
,
• hold up
,
• hold over
,
• delay
,
• curb
,
• hold off
.

• die
,
• intermit
,
• back off
,
• close out
,
• culminate
,
• fail
.

• conclude
,
• call off
,
• clear
,
• clinch
,
• consummate
,
• fold
,
• determine
,
• fold up
,
• button up
,
• cap
.

• debar
,
• forestall
,
• avert
,
• exclude
,
• deter
.

• insulate
,
• catch
,
• intersect
,
• intercept
,
• block
,
• close off
,
• intrude
.

• blockade
,
• beleaguer
,
• block out
,
• cover
,
• evict
,
• bar
,
• hide
,
• conceal
.

• count out
,
• file
,
• hang
,
• inactivate
,
• eject
,
• can
.

• intervene
,
• disjoin
,
• abandon
,
• disunite
,
• cease
,
• give up
,
• disconnect
,
• halt
,
• end
,
• dissever
,
• desist
,
• close
,
• drop
,
• break off
,
• interrupt
,
• finish
,
• interpose
.

• give notice
.

• exterminate
,
• abolish
,
• eliminate
,
• cancel
,
• bump off
,
• do in
.

• catch one's breath
,
• deliberate
,
• hold back
,
• hesitate
.

• hold
,
• detain
,
• adjourn
.

• draw up
,
• cool it
,
• cold turkey
.

• forbear
,
• abstain
,
• avoid
.

• do away with
,
• delete
.

• cut
.

n.

• coffee break
,
• five
,
• break
,
• conclusion
,
• breathing spell
,
• intermission
,
• disbarment
,
• breather
,
• dormancy
,
• doldrums
,
• cutoff
,
• freeze
,
• adjournment
,
• concluding
,
• downtime
,
• deferment
,
• cessation
,
• ending
,
• discontinuation
,
• abeyance
,
• interruption
.