Russian-English translations for прекраща́ть

• cease
  And with that, his twitching ceased.
  And with that, he ceased twitching.
• deprecate
  He deprecates any praise of his own merits
  They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people
  She deprecated any action which might disturb the peace
• desist
  Please desist from telephoning me on this number
• give up
  He was surrounded, so gave himself up
  They gave him up to the police
  They gave up the search when it got dark
• kill
  Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined
  He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting
  The editor decided to kill the story
• stop
  I stopped at the traffic lights
  The riots stopped when police moved in
  Soon the rain will stop
• suspend
  The meeting was suspended for lunch.
  to suspend ones judgement or ones disbelief
  to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program