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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