discontinue

CEFRB1

/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnju/

verb

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01
verb
To stop making, using, or providing something.
02
verb
Extra detail
To consciously cease the ingestion or administration of (a pharmaceutical drug).

Examples

It's important not to change or discontinue medication without seeking medical advice.
McDonald's will discontinue the use of boneless lean beef trimmings in their hamburgers.

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meaning

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

In context

They plan to discontinue that design.
I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth.
Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.

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I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iagga...
Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.
1603, Samuel Daniel, A Defence of Rime
They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it.
1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
Passenger traffic was subsequently discontinued, and early in the recent war a considerable amount of the permanent way at the Treforest end of the railway was taken up.
1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 52
Exactly 50 years ago, the U.S. Federal Reserve, which had previously issued bills with values as high as $10,000, made it all about the Benjamins. Every bill more valuable than $100 was officially discontinued. (They’d stopped being printed decades earlier, but many had kept circulating.)
2019 July 3, Mike D'Angelo, “Oscar Isaac and Ben Affleck blunder through a heavy heist in J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2019

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From Old French descontinuer, equivalent to dis- + continue.