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Stopping

noun

Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members. Synonym: fillet.

The kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch.

Stop

verb

(past & past part. stopped; pres. part. stopping)

Come to a halt, stop moving. Synonym: halt. "She stopped in front of a store window"

Put an end to a state or an activity. Synonyms: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit.

Stop from happening or developing. Synonyms: block, halt, kibosh. "Halt the process"

Interrupt a trip. Synonym: stop over. "They stopped for three days in Florence"

Cause to stop. "Stop the thief"

Prevent completion. Synonyms: break, break off, discontinue. "Break off the negotiations"

Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of. Synonyms: arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back. "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia" , "Contain the rebel movement" , "Turn back the tide of communism"

Seize on its way. Synonym: intercept.

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. Synonyms: cease, end, finish, terminate. "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other" , "My property ends by the bushes" , "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

10.

Render unsuitable for passage. Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade. "Barricade the streets" , "Stop the busy road"

11.

Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments. Synonym: hold on.

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