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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
discontinue
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
treatment
▪ Thirty patients had coexisting ulcerative colitis, including three who had previously undergone colectomy and one who discontinued treatment after three months.
▪ In 1991, she discontinued treatment at Stewart.
▪ If he were to discontinue treatment and merely make the child comfortable, the courts would not find him guilty of manslaughter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Doctors decided to discontinue the treatment when it became clear that the boy had no chance of recovering.
▪ If fewer than ten students sign up, the course will be discontinued.
▪ The airline plans to discontinue daily flights from L.A. to Osaka.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After two weeks I discontinued them after determining they were not significantly improving morale.
▪ And in the struggle to turn the company into a lean commercial outfit, some lines have been discontinued altogether.
▪ If it is not working in that time then the chart should be discontinued.
▪ In addition, one patient receiving cyclosporin was excluded because treatment was discontinued after only three months.
▪ Sandoz and CoCensys have mutually agreed to discontinue their agreement after its March expiration.
▪ Three years and $ 50 million later, the service was discontinued.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Discontinue

Discontinue \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.

Discontinue

Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] [Cf. F. discontinuer.] 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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
discontinue

late 14c., from Old French discontinuer (14c.), from Medieval Latin discontinuare, from dis- "not" (see dis-) + Latin continuare "to continue" (see continue). Related: Discontinued; discontinuity; discontinuous; discontinuation.

Wiktionary
discontinue

vb. To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.

WordNet
discontinue
  1. v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off] [ant: continue]

  2. come or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" [ant: continue]

  3. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negociations" [syn: break, break off, stop]

Usage examples of "discontinue".

During these periods the universities north of the Alps had to discontinue t heir classical instruction because soldiers in the passes prevented the Aldine classical texts from being transported from Venice to their destination.

When an initial improvement with the biochemic remedies is not maintained, treatment should be discontinued for a few days and the frequency of dose reduced when recommencing treatment.

It would also imply that the bond buyback that had been successful would be diminished, slowed, or discontinued.

Smith wore a cologne that had been discontinued in 1972, and he had purchased a thirty-year supply closeout for two cents on the dollar.

What in your view is the reason for the discontinued nature of that crappo smell you all previously had?

He knew that in a short while the Invaders would discontinue their attempts to make an immediate capture, would conclude that he had found shelter, and would fall back on an inescapable slow search that could not help but root him out sooner or later soon, if he stayed this near the headquarters that would be the focal point for the expanding boxes of a square search.

Also, Neb and Pencroft having gone to examine into the state of things at Port Balloon, and reported that the stock of cloth would suffer no damage in the grotto where it was stored, it was decided that the work at Prospect Heights should not be discontinued.

By Day Thirty-three, sickness, mishaps, and one suicide had depleted the numbers such that all the survivors could be carried in the truck at once, so the leapfrogging was discontinued.

Early in the eighteenth century, the Jesuits placed missionaries on Palau and Ulithi in the Carolines, where most of them were murdered, thereby causing the plans to be discontinued.

My despair was as great as hers when at last, wearied, ashamed, and degraded in her own eyes, she discontinued her efforts, her eyes full of tears.

On all sides it was felt that if the redoubtable De Wet could be captured there was every hope that the burghers might discontinue a struggle which was disagreeable to the British and fatal to themselves.

I perfectly agree with Dr. Johnson upon this head, and am persuaded that executions now, the solemn procession being discontinued, have not nearly the effect which they formerly had.

Hannah had dreamed of, but it had been pleasant enough while it lasted, and somehow after that the little outings were discontinued.

It was fortunate for Stevens that the charities of William Hinkley were more active and indulgent than his own, since, without the timely succor and aid which he afforded, that devout young gentleman would have been made to discontinue his studies very suddenly and have furnished a summary conclusion to this veracious narrative--a consummation which, if it be as devoutly wished by the reader as by the writer, will be a much greater source of annoyance to our publisher than it has proved already.

When the party had divided into three sections, each under its own leader and in its own garret, he had discontinued his attendances.