discontinue

verb/dɪskənˈtɪnjuː/

Frequency rank: #11,580 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

to stop doing or providing something permanently

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Example sentence

The company decided to discontinue its oldest product line due to falling sales.

Synonyms & related words

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