All begin antonyms

verb begin

• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• complete — You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
• consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• die — When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
• disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.