1) Broke off 2) Brought to a halt 3) Called it quits 4) Came to an end 5) Cooled it 6) Cut out 7) Desisted 8) Discontinued 9) Disisted 10) Dropped it 11) Ended 12) Ended, stopped 13) Halted 14) Left off 15) Note in case director quit 16) Put a stop to 17) Quit 18) Stopped 19) Stopped doing 20) Stopped when 100 let up Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/ceased