Crossword-Solution: SURCEASE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Surcease | n. | Cessation; stop; end. |
| Surcease | v. t. | To cause to cease; to end. |
| Surcease | v. i. | To cease. |
We have 13 clues for the answer “SURCEASE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "From my books ___ of sorrow": Poe | 1 answer |
| Respite (from). | 1 answer |
| Temporary end | 1 answer |
| Temporary respite. | 3 answers |
| Leave off | 11 answers |
| COME to an end | 19 answers |
| Put a stop to | 28 answers |
| Cease | 39 answers |
| Knock off | 40 answers |
| Discontinue | 63 answers |
| respite | 76 answers |
| End | 107 answers |
| Stop | 111 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SURCEASE (5)
For hours the fury of the storm continued without surcease, and still the tribe huddled close in shivering fear.
From this belief he garnered some slight surcease from the numbing grief that the death of his little son had thrust upon him.
More than anything else in the world, my frayed and frazzled mind wanted surcease from weariness in the way it knew surcease would come.
Yes, Joan de Tany was good to look upon, and Norman of Torn carried a wounded heart in his breast that longed for surcease from its sufferings—for a healing balm upon its hurts and bruises.
But though the pool is safe from storm And from the tide has found surcease, It grows more bitter than the sea, For all its peace.
Quotes with SURCEASE (3)
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore.
They went forth to battle, but they always fell; Their eyes were fixed above the sullen shields; Nobly they fought and bravely, but not well, And sank heart-wounded by a subtle spell. They knew not fear that to the foeman yields, They were not weak, as one who vainly wields A futile weapon; yet the sad scrolls tell How on the hard-fought field they always fell. It was a secret music that they heard, A sad sweet plea for pity and for peace; And that which pierced the heart was…
For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, Let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him be struck with palsy and all his members blasted. Let him languish in pain crying out for mercy, Let there be no surcease to his agony till he sink in dissolution. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails in token of the worm that dieth not. When at last he goeth to his final punishment, Let the flames of Hell consume him forever.[attributed t…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, Newsday, NYT.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1964–2019).