/ ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuː; NAmE / verb
1.
to stop doing, using or providing sth, especially sth that you have been doing, using or providing regularly :
[ vn ]
It was decided to discontinue the treatment after three months.
[also v -ing ]
2.
[ vn ] [ usually passive ] to stop making a product :
a sale of discontinued china
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense interrupt, disrupt ): via Old French from medieval Latin discontinuare , from Latin dis- not + continuare , from continuus uninterrupted, from continere hang together.