Another word for stop
VerbTo plug up something, as a hole, space, or container
To come to a cessation
To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation
To cause to cease regular activity
To cease trying to accomplish or continue
To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example)
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Another word for stop
Noun© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Another word for stop
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Another word for stop
NounAnother word for stop
VerbTo halt
To cease
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pull-out-all-the-stops
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- Desist implies a ceasing of some action that is annoying, harmful, futile, etc. desist from further bickering
- Discontinue suggests the suspension of some action that is a habitual practice, an occupation, etc. he has discontinued the practice of law
- Quit is equivalent to either stop she quit working for the day or cease he quit working at sixty-five and retired to Florida
- Cease implies a suspension or ending of some state or condition or of an existence the war had ceased, the noise ceased when the train stopped
- Stop implies a suspension or ending of some motion, action, or progress my watch stopped
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