put an end to
Verb
Meaning
put an end to (third-person singular simple present puts an end to, present participle putting an end to, simple past and past participle put an end to)
(transitive, idiomatic) To terminate or abolish.
He put an end to the loud music by pulling the plug.
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Examples
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
After a while the press of business in the province put an end to our philosophizing, and I returned with increased determination to my plans to fly to the Moon.
If the stars are suns and the earth is the earth and there are men only upon this earth and anything can put an end to anything and any dog does anything like anybody does it what is the difference between eternity and anything.
It is almost certain that we will fail. But how will future history judge the German people, if not even a handful of men had the courage to put an end to that criminal?
To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor.
It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide.