Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate word from the given options and fill in the blank.

Hostilities between the two sides ....... at midnight.

  1. called

  2. cadged

  3. calmed

  4. ceased

  5. careered
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Explanation

Ceased means to stop or come to an end. Hostilities (fighting/conflict) stopping at midnight is a formal way to say the fighting ended. Called (summoned), cadged (begged), calmed (soothed), and careered (rushed) don't match this military/formal context about ending hostilities.

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