consummate β You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
crown β A crown is a circular ornament, usually made of gold and jewels, which a king or queen wears on their head at official ceremonies. You can also use crown to refer to anything circular that is worn on someone's head.
determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
dissolve β to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
interrupt β to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
perorate β to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
postpone β to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
relinquish β to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
wrap β to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
break off β If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
call it a day β If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
call off β If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
close out β to terminate (a client's or other account) on which the margin is inadequate or exhausted, usually by sale of securities to realize cash
dispose of β to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
pack it in β a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
pull the plug β If someone in a position of power pulls the plug on a project or on someone's activities, they use their power to stop them continuing.
shut down β to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
switch off β the act or process of switching off a power supply, light source, appliance, etc.
top off β the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
die β When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
annihilate β To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
desist β If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
lapse β an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
wane β to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
put to death β the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
run out β an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
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back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
last β occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
mizzen β a fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast. Compare crossjack, spanker (def 1a).
tailer β the limitation of an estate to a person and the personβs heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
