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Another word for belay

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To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation:
arrest, cease, check, discontinue, halt¹, stall¹, stay¹, stop, surcease. Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to. See continue
To come to a cessation:
arrest, cease, check, discontinue, halt¹, leave off, quit, stall¹, stop, surcease. Idiom: come to a halt (or standstill) (or stop). See continue

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According to a study at Atlanta's Morehouse School of Medicine, researcher Tesfaye Belay, Ph.D determined that stress can make you physically sick by increasing stress hormones in the body which promote bacteria growth.

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