make an end of
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"With all the good will in the world," he said, "and with the most heartfelt desire to make an end of war, we must be ready to meet it if it comes."
From Time Magazine Archive
It takes one to start a fight, but it takes two to make an end of fighting.
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With such a craft, he thinks, he could not only run down Nazi surface raiders and make an end of them but give the U.S. fleet better reconnaissance than it has ever had before.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1314, however, the English marched north under Edward II to make an end of the wild laird they called "King Hob"�the royal yokel.
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“Let us make an end of this,” he said.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
