Another Word For STOP
stoppage
Noun : A pause or halt of some activity.
Noun : Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction.
cease
Verb : (formal, intransitive) To stop.
Verb : (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.
kibosh
Noun : (slang) Chiefly in put on the kibosh or put the kibosh on: something which checks or restrains.
Verb : (transitive) To decisively put a stop to or terminate (someone or something).
Noun : (Britain, slang, obsolete, rare) Bosh, nonsense.
discontinue
Verb : (transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
Verb : (transitive) To consciously cease the ingestion or administration of (a pharmaceutical drug).
terminate
Verb : (transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
Verb : (transitive) To conclude.
Verb : (transitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
quit
Adjective : (usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
Verb : (transitive, archaic) To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To repay (someone) for (something).
break off
Verb : (transitive) To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
Verb : (intransitive) To become detached by breaking or snapping.
Verb : (transitive) To discontinue abruptly.
intercept
Verb : (transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
Verb : (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
Verb : (transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
hold back
Verb : (idiomatic, intransitive) To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.
Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) To contain; stop.
Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) To delay the progress of, especially in school.
lay off
Verb : (transitive, chiefly US, idiomatic) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.
Verb : (transitive, of a bookmaker) To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To cease, quit, stop (doing something).
blockage
Noun : (uncountable, countable) The state or condition of being blocked.
Noun : (countable) The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage.
Noun : (biology, medicine) Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it; as:
give up
Verb : (transitive) To surrender (someone or something)
Verb : (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
Verb : (transitive) To relinquish (something)
closure
Noun : An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
Noun : A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
Noun : A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
stay
Verb : (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
Verb : (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
Verb : (transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
occlusive
Adjective : That tends to occlude.
Noun : (phonetics) A phoneme produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract, but not necessarily in the nasal tract.
Noun : (cosmetics) A product that forms a protective film and traps moisture against the skin.
occlusion
Noun : The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
Noun : (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
Noun : (medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
turn back
Verb : (intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
Verb : (transitive) To cause to reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
Verb : To return to a previous state of being.
break
Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
Verb : (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
hold on
Verb : To grasp or grip firmly.
Verb : (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
Verb : (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
catch
Noun : (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
Noun : (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
Noun : (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
arrest
Noun : A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
Noun : The condition of being stopped, standstill.
Noun : (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
contain
Verb : (transitive) To hold inside.
Verb : (transitive) To include as a part.
Verb : (transitive) To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
halt
Verb : (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.
Verb : (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
Verb : (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
period
Noun : A length of time.
Noun : A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
Noun : (now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
point
Noun : A small dot or mark.
Noun : Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
Noun : A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
hitch
Noun : A sudden pull.
Noun : Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
Noun : A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
stop over
Verb : (intransitive) To interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay; to stop off.
layover
Noun : A break between stages of a journey.
stopover
Noun : A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
block
Noun : A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
Noun : A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
Noun : A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
full stop
Noun : (Australia, Britain, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa) The punctuation mark "." (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
Noun : (figurative) A decisive end to something.
full point
Noun : (UK, typography) full stop, period (British printers' term)
plosive
Noun : (phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
Adjective : (phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
check
Noun : An inspection or examination.
Noun : A control; a limit or stop.
Noun : (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
diaphragm
Noun : (anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
Noun : (anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
Noun : A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
plosive consonant
Noun : a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing i
plosive speech sound
Noun : a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing i
stop consonant
Noun : a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing i
desist
Verb : (transitive, intransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
ceasing
Noun : A cessation.
cessation
Noun : (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
discontinuance
Noun : The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.
discontinuation
Noun : Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.
Noun : (medicine) The process of quitting a course of treatment with a drug.
Noun : The act of stopping producing or supplying a product.
inhibit
Verb : (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
Verb : (Philippines) To recuse.
forestall
Verb : (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
Verb : (transitive) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
Verb : (archaic) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
suspend
Verb : To halt something temporarily.
Verb : To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
Verb : To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
leave
Verb : To have a consequence or remnant.
Verb : (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
Verb : (transitive or intransitive, copulative) To cause, to result in.
detain
Verb : (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
Verb : (transitive, law enforcement) To put under custody.
Verb : (transitive) To keep back or from; to withhold.
shutdown
Noun : The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
Noun : A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further.
Noun : (psychology, autism) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the individual freezes up and becomes silent, motionless, and unresponsive.
suspended
Adjective : Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.
Adjective : (medicine) suspended animation
Adjective : (law) suspended sentence
suspension
Noun : The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
Noun : A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
Noun : (chemistry, physics) The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
suppress
Verb : To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
Verb : To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
Verb : (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
shut
Verb : (transitive) To close, to stop from being open.
Verb : (intransitive) To close, to stop being open.
Verb : (transitive or intransitive, chiefly Britain) To close (a business) temporarily.
shutoff
Noun : A valve used to turn something off.
Noun : The act of turning something off.
shut-off
Noun : Alternative spelling of shutoff [A valve used to turn something off.]
termination
Noun : The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
Noun : The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
Noun : An end in time; a conclusion.
quell
Verb : (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
Verb : (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To kill.
quitting
Noun : The deliberate ending of something.
Noun : The ceasing of a habit, especially smoking cigarettes or other addictive behaviors.
Noun : The termination of employment, initiated by the employee.
suppression
Noun : The act or instance of suppressing.
Noun : The state of being suppressed.
Noun : (psychology) A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
avert
Verb : (transitive) To turn aside or away.
Verb : (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
Verb : (intransitive, archaic) To turn away.
pause
Verb : (intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
Verb : (intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.
Verb : (intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
prevent
Verb : (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
Verb : (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.
Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.
suppressing
Noun : The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.
restrain
Verb : (transitive) To control or keep in check.
Verb : (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
Verb : (transitive) To restrict or limit.
disappear
Verb : (intransitive) To vanish.
Verb : (intransitive) To go missing; to become a missing person.
Verb : (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.
obstruct
Verb : To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
Verb : To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
Verb : To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
abolish
Verb : To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
Verb : (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
refrain
Verb : (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
Verb : (reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
Verb : (transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
quash
Verb : To defeat decisively, to suppress.
Verb : (obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
Verb : (law) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
hiatus
Noun : A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
Noun : An interruption, break or pause.
Noun : An unexpected break from work.
withdraw
Verb : (transitive)
Verb : To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
Verb : To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
remove
Verb : (transitive) To delete.
Verb : (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
Verb : (obsolete, formal) To replace a dish within a course.
quits
Adjective : (colloquial, Britain) On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.
prevention
Noun : The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
Noun : (medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
Noun : (obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before.
lapse
Noun : A temporary failure; a slip.
Noun : A decline or fall in standards.
Noun : A pause in continuity.
thwart
Adjective : Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
Adjective : (figuratively, dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
Adjective : (figuratively, dated) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
adjourn
Verb : (transitive) To postpone.
Verb : (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
Verb : (intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
adjournment
Noun : The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
Noun : (rhetoric) Ampliatio.
impede
Verb : (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
interrupt
Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
Verb : (transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
Verb : (transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
exclude
Verb : (transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
Verb : (transitive) To expel; to put out.
Verb : (transitive) To omit from consideration.
eliminate
Verb : (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
Verb : (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
Verb : (transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
expire
Verb : (intransitive) To die.
Verb : (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
Verb : (intransitive) To come to an end; to conclude.
letup
Noun : A pause or period of slackening.
interception
Noun : An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
Noun : An aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
Noun : (American football) A passing play where the ball is caught by the opposing team.
hinder
Verb : (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.
avoid
Verb : (transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
Verb : (transitive) To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
Verb : to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
terminating
Adjective : Coming to an end.
Adjective : (mathematics) Of a decimal: having a finite number of digits.
interruption
Noun : The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
Noun : (linguistics) the act of breaking into someone else’s speech.
Noun : A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.
abandon
Verb : (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
Verb : (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
Verb : (transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
preclude
Verb : (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.
let
Verb : (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
Verb : (transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone.
Verb : (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
forgo
Verb : To let pass, to leave alone, to let go.
Verb : To do without, to abandon, to renounce.
Verb : To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
restrict
Verb : To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
Verb : (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
Adjective : (obsolete) Restricted.
ending
Noun : A termination or conclusion.
Noun : The last part of something.
Noun : (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs").
let-up
Noun : Alternative form of letup [A pause or period of slackening.]
set
Verb : (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
Verb : (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
Verb : (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
delete
Verb : To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
Verb : (online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.
Verb : (transitive, slang) To kill or murder.
retire
Verb : (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
Verb : (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.
Verb : (transitive) To cease use or production of something.
relinquish
Verb : (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away.
Verb : (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
Verb : (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
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