| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The act of stopping: cessation, check, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, stay1, stop, stoppage, surcease. See CONTINUE. 2. The condition of being stopped: cessation, discontinuance, discontinuation, standstill, stop, stoppage, surcease. See CONTINUE. | | VERB: | 1. To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, leave off, quit, stall1, stop, surcease. Idioms: come to a halt (or standstill) (or stop) . See CONTINUE. 2. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, stall1, stay1, stop, surcease. Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to. See CONTINUE.
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