Synonyms for Stop

"the car stopped" "She stopped in front of a store window"

"Quit teasing your little brother"

"Block his election" "Halt the process"

"we stopped at Aunt Mary's house" "they stopped for three days in Florence"

"stop a car" "stop the thief"

"stop the project" "break off the negotiations"

"Arrest the downward trend" "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia" "Contain the rebel movement" "Turn back the tide of communism"

"The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed" "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other" "My property ends by the bushes" "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

"block the way" "barricade the streets" "stop the busy road"

"Hold on a moment!"

"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

"the third baseman made some remarkable stops" "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

"they made a stopover to visit their friends"

"the negotiations were in arrest" "held them in check" "during the halt he got some lunch" "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow" "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

"his next stop is Atlanta"

"his stop consonants are too aspirated"

"in England they call a period a stop"

"the organist pulled out all the stops"

"the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"

"he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"

"we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"