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Discontinue The Countdown Crossword Clue

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noun

• the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed

verb

• terminate before completion

• cease development, die, and be aborted

• terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

25%6 A countdown to Christmas
noun

• arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

• the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas

• (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment

25%6 May be used as a countdown timer
noun

• stick of wax with a wick in the middle

• the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin

verb

• examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

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