lifted
v.v. to move something to a higher position or to pick something up. You can also use it when a rule or a ban is ended.
v. to move something from a lower to a higher position; to elevate. Also used to describe the formal removal of a restriction or prohibition.
He lifted the heavy box onto the table.
The government finally lifted the travel ban after the health crisis had passed.
As the morning sun rose, the thick fog gradually lifted from the valley, revealing the small village nestled between the hills.
From lift + -ed.
The verb is transitive when referring to physical objects or rules, but can be intransitive when describing weather conditions like fog or clouds clearing.
The fog was lifted at noonThe fog lifted at noonWhen describing weather clearing, the verb is used intransitively in the active voice.