Intermit

/ɪntɚˈmɪt/

Synonyms for "intermit" (74 found)

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Closest matches (15)

alternatearrestbe here againbreakbreak offcall a breakcall timeceasecheckcirclecleansecleanse awaycome againcome and go
Verb(1 words)
break

Strong matches (22)

come aroundcome roundcome round againcome up againcut offcycledeclare a recessdeferdelaydeliverdischargefluctuatefreefree fromgive releasegive respitehold offhold overhold upinterlude
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interrupt
Verb(1 words)
discontinue

Related words (37)

intervalintervenelack regularityoscillatepausepostponeproroguepulsatepulsepurgepurge awayput offreappearrecessrecurreleaseremitremovereoccurrepeat
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reprievereturnrevolveroll aroundrotatesnap the threadstaysuspendtake a breaktake fivetake tenturnundulatevarywheelwheel around
Verb(1 words)
pause

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4 entries
break upcut offdisruptinterrupt

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Pray to the gods to intermit the plague.

Source: wiktionary

The bell doth toll for him, that thinks it doth; and though it intermit again, yet from that minute, that that occasion wrought upon him, he is united to God.

Source: wiktionary

Idleness[…]of body is nothing but a kind of benumbing laziness, intermitting exercise, which, if we may believe Fernelius, “[…] makes them unapt to do anything whatever.”

Source: wiktionary

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