put a stop to

Strong matches

• arrest
• cancel
• cease
• check
• end
• halt
• quit
• stall
• stay

Weak matches

• bring to a standstill
• call a halt to

Strongest matches

• abort
• break off
• curtail
• halt
• hinder
• interrupt
• postpone
• quit
• shorten
• terminate

Weak matches

• abbreviate
• abridge
• break short
• bring to an end
• check
• checkmate
• clip
• diminish
• end
• finish
• freeze
• intercept
• leave unfinished
• stop
• stop cold
• stop dead
• stop short

Strongest matches

• avert
• cease
• deter
• exclude
• forestall
• hinder
• impede
• obviate
• prevent
• prohibit
• rule out

Strong matches

• check
• debar
• discontinue
• forfend
• interrupt
• quit
• restrain
• stop
• ward

Weak matches

• make impracticable
• stave off

Strongest matches

• avert
• avoid
• bar
• block
• counter
• forbid
• forestall
• halt
• hamper
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• limit
• preclude
• prohibit
• put an end to
• restrain
• restrict
• rule out
• stop
• thwart
• ward off

Strong matches

• anticipate
• arrest
• baffle
• balk
• check
• chill
• cool
• cork
• counteract
• dam
• debar
• foil
• forfend
• frustrate
• intercept
• interdict
• interrupt
• obstruct
• obviate
• repress
• retard

Weak matches

• dead-end
• defend against
• head off
• hold back
• hold off
• keep lid on
• nip in the bud
• shut out
• stave off
• turn aside

Strongest matches

• anticipate
• avert
• avoid
• counteract
• foil
• forestall
• halt
• hold off
• preclude
• put an end to
• rule out
• thwart
• ward off

Strong matches

• arrest
• baffle
• balk
• bar
• block
• check
• chill
• cool
• cork
• counter
• dam
• debar
• forbid
• forfend
• frustrate
• hamper
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• intercept
• interdict
• interrupt
• limit
• obstruct
• obviate
• prohibit
• repress
• restrain
• restrict
• retard
• stop
• ward

Weak matches

• defend against
• head off
• hold back
• keep lid on
• nip in the bud
• shut out
• stave off
• turn aside

Strongest matches

• arrest
• avoid
• bar
• block
• break
• check
• close
• disrupt
• intercept
• interrupt
• stall
• stay
• stem
• suspend

Strong matches

• bottle
• choke
• clog
• congest
• fill
• fix
• forestall
• frustrate
• gag
• hinder
• hush
• impede
• muzzle
• obstruct
• occlude
• plug
• repress
• restrain
• seal
• silence
• staunch
• still
• stopper

Weak matches

• choke off
• cut off
• rein in
• shut down
• shut off
• shut out
• throw over
• turn off
• ward off

Strongest matches

• adjourn
• arrest
• bar
• cease
• defer
• discontinue
• eject
• exclude
• file
• halt
• interrupt
• postpone
• put off
• reject
• rule out
• shelve
• stay
• waive
• withhold

Strong matches

• can
• check
• debar
• eliminate
• hang
• inactivate
• intermit
• omit
• pigeonhole
• procrastinate
• prorogue
• protract
• retard

Weak matches

• break up
• count out
• cut short
• hang fire
• hang up
• hold up
• lay aside
• lay off
• lay on the table
• lay over
• pink slip
• put an end to
• put on back burner
• put on hold
• put on ice
• put on the shelf
• stave off