(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
END
a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the beginning and go on until you come to the end"
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had survived"
a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town"
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "
HALT
the state of inactivity following an interruption;
stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"