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(n)
A pause or halt of some activity.
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(v)
(formal, intransitive) To stop.
(slang) Chiefly in put on the kibosh or put the kibosh on: something which checks or restrains.
(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
(adj)
(usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
(transitive) To discontinue abruptly.
(transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
(idiomatic, intransitive) To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.
(uncountable, countable) The state or condition of being blocked.
(transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
That tends to occlude.
The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
(intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
(idiomatic) Wait a short while.
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
(transitive) To hold inside.
(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
(now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
A small dot or mark.
(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
(intransitive) To interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay; to stop off.
(Canada, US, Australia) A break between stages of a journey.
A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
(UK, typography) full stop, period (British printers' term)
(phonetics) A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
An inspection or examination.
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
(ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
A cessation.
(formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.
The act of stopping producing or supplying a product.
(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
To halt something temporarily.
(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
The act of turning something off.
Alternative spelling of shutoff, often used attributively. [A valve used to turn something off.]
The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
The termination of employment, initiated by the employee.
The act or instance of suppressing.
(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
(intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.
(transitive) To control or keep in check.
(intransitive) To vanish.
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
To defeat decisively, to suppress.
An interruption, break, pause or absence.
(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
(transitive) To delete.
(colloquial, British) On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.
(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
A temporary failure; a slip.
(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
(intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
A pause or period of slackening.
An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
Coming to an end.
The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
A termination or conclusion.
Alternative form of letup. [A pause or period of slackening.]
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
(intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.