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stopnoun a brief halt in a journeyour guide called for a stop at the trail hut so we could eat and rest a bit layover, stopover break, pause, rest a regular stopping placehad lunch on a picnic table at a shady rest stop along the highway station, way station depot, terminallayover, stopoveroutstation something that makes movement or progress difficultpulled out all the stops and presented the most spectacular show ever balk, bar, block, chain, clog, cramp, crimp, deterrent, drag, embarrassment, encumbrance, fetter, handicap, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, inhibition, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, shackles, stumbling block, trammel catch, hitch, rub, snagbarrier, blockade, blockage, brick wall, stone wallarrest, bit, brake, check, constraint, curb, hobble, rein, restraintembargo, stoppagedelay, holdup, stallburden, cumber, loaddanger, hazard, peril, reefadversity, difficulty, disadvantage, drawback, hardship catalyst, goad, impetus, incentive, spur, stimulant, stimulusadvantage, break, edgeaid, assistance, benefit, boost, handmaiden(also handmaid), help the stopping of a process or activityput a stop to this nonsense arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stoppage, surcease, termination mop-up, phaseoutabeyance, break, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, standstill, suspension continuance, continuation extension, persistence, prolongation stopverbto bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate endthe manufacturer will stop selling the toy and will immediately recall all the units that have already been sold break, break off, break up, can(slang), cease, cut off, cut out, desist (from), discontinue, drop, end, give over, halt, knock off, lay off, leave off, pack (up or in), quit, shut off complete, conclude, finishclose (down)deactivateblock, blockade, dam, delay, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, kibosh, obstruct, stemcall, suspendarrest, brake, check, clamp down, rein (in), squash, squelch, stamp, stanch(or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn backpause, stay, suspendabolish, abort, annul, demolish, destroy, dissolve, kill, ruin, scuttle, snuff have done with, put the kibosh on carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep up, run onadvance, proceed, progressactuate, drive, impel, propel, stir to bring (something) to a standstilltraffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck arrest, bring up, catch, check, draw up, fetch up, halt, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stemconclude, cut off, end, terminatecall, discontinue, suspendchoke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch(or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run onadvance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wendactuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir to close up so that no empty spaces remainI stopped the mouse hole with plaster block, bung, dam, fill, pack, plug, stuff choke, clog, close (off), clot, congest, jam, obstruct, occludecaulk, chink, sealrepack, restuff excavate, hollow (out), scoop (out), shovel to come to an endthe music stopped but we kept on dancing break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, terminate, wind up, wink (out) desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from)give over(British), knock off, pack (up or in)break down, conk (out), cut out, stallpause, stay, suspendabate, peter (out), wind down bite the dust continue, hang on, persist draw out, extend, prolong, protract to achieve a victory overthey were eventually stopped by the best team in the league beat, best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down(British), get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst sweepedge (out), nose out, pip(British)annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke(slang), snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax(slang), whipcap, excel, flourish, score, succeedknock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquishace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend get the better of, knock for a loop lose (to) fall, give up, go down, go undercollapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out v.stop, cease, quit, discontinue, desist mean to suspend or cause to suspend activity.stop applies to action or progress or to what is operating or progressing and may imply suddenness or definiteness.stopped at the red light cease applies to states, conditions, or existence and may add a suggestion of gradualness and a degree of finality.by nightfall the fighting had ceased quit may stress either finality or abruptness in stopping or ceasing.the engine faltered, sputtered, then quit altogether discontinue applies to the stopping of an accustomed activity or practice.we have discontinued the manufacture of that item desist implies forbearance or restraint as a motive for stopping or ceasing.desisted from further efforts to persuade them in the 13th century |