If “Put an end to” has appeared in a crossword, these answers have likely been used to solve it. They come from real puzzle results, selected for their alignment with this clue’s format.
Likely Answers:
- STOP
- DESTROY
- QUASH
- SEVER
- TERMINATE
- ABOLISH
- DESTROYED
- SCOTCH
- SUPPRESS
- NIX
- CEASED
- ABOLISHED
- STAMPOUT
- NIXED
- CEASE
- ERADICATE
- STOPPED
- HALT
- DISCONTINUE
- ABATED
Synonyms and Definitions
STOP
- Synonyms: arrest, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, blockage, break, break off, catch, cease, check, closure, contain, diaphragm, discontinue, end, finish, full point, full stop, give up, halt, hitch, hold back, hold on, intercept, kibosh, lay off, layover, occlusion, occlusive, period, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, point, quit, stay, stop consonant, stop over, stopover, stoppage, terminate, turn back
DESTROY
- Synonyms: demolish, destruct, put down, ruin
QUASH
- Synonyms: annul, avoid, invalidate, keep down, nullify, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate, void
SEVER
- Synonyms: break up, discerp, lop
TERMINATE
- Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, stop
ABOLISH
- Synonyms: get rid of
DESTROYED
- Synonyms: destroy, ruined
SCOTCH
- Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, economical, foil, frugal, frustrate, malt whiskey, malt whisky, queer, score, scotch malt whiskey, scotch malt whisky, scotch whiskey, scotch whisky, scots, scottish, sparing, spoil, stinting, thwart
SUPPRESS
- Synonyms: bottle up, conquer, crush, curb, inhibit, oppress, stamp down
NIX
- Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, disallow, forbid, goose egg, interdict, nada, naught, nil, nothing, null, prohibit, proscribe, veto, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
- Definition: an amount that holds no significance
ABOLISHED
- Synonyms: abolish
NIXED
- Synonyms: nix
ERADICATE
- Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, root out, uproot, wipe out
- Definition: Massacre on a large scale
STOPPED
- Synonyms: stopped up, stopped-up
HALT
- Synonyms: crippled, freeze, game, gimpy, halting, hold, lame, stanch, staunch, stem
ABATED
- Synonyms: abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off, slake