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verb (v)

• cease an action temporarily(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  break, pause
  

  source: wordnet30
• To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever.(verb)

  source: webster1913