Thesaurus.com
Thesaurus / stop
FEEDBACK

stop

See definition of stop on Dictionary.com

How to use stop in a sentence

Now I have a plausible explanation for how I feel, putting a stop to some of the second-guessing going on in my head.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PERIOD TRACKINGCHRISTINE YUSEPTEMBER 6, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
It seems like he’s going to continue to do this until someone puts a stop to it.
“PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE”: HOW LOVE FRAUD BUILDS AN ABSORBING DOCUSERIES AROUND A ROMANTIC CON MANALISSA WILKINSONSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOX
That promise was enough to quell a few lawsuits filed by California groups against the federal government for failing to put a stop to the sewage-filled stormwater rolling from Mexico’s hills.
MORNING REPORT: WHY COVID-19 HAS HIT LATINOS SO HARDVOICE OF SAN DIEGOAUGUST 13, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
The agency issued a stop sale, use or removal order, which is supposed to prevent the company from selling its product.
ENVIRONMENT REPORT: ONE WAY TO FORCE COMPANIES TO EMIT LESS CARBONMACKENZIE ELMERAUGUST 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
The chair of the Uptown Community Parking District board proposed using the funds for cleaning bus stops, but the city said no.
MORNING REPORT: 3 BODY CAMERAS, NO FOOTAGEVOICE OF SAN DIEGOJULY 22, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
They’re not categorically opposed to the stops of suppliers along their Southern California routes.
BUSINESSES SAY BORDER PATROL IS SEIZING LEGAL CANNABIS BETWEEN SAN DIEGO, IMPERIALJESSE MARX AND MAYA SRIKRISHNANJUNE 29, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
The next stop for the audit will be the district attorney’s desk, reports VOSD’s Will Huntsberry.
MORNING REPORT: REPORT FINDS EVIDENCE OF FRAUD IN SWEETWATER BUDGET MESSVOICE OF SAN DIEGOJUNE 23, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
Another officer in the Taylor case, Myles Cosgrove, was sued for excessive force in 2006 by a man whom he shot seven times in the course of a routine traffic stop.
POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE OFTEN HAVE A HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS BY CITIZENSLGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 1, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS
"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
At twelve, or fifteen, or sixteen, or twenty it was decided that they should stop learning.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
Choose the synonym for future
capacitor

WORDS RELATED TO STOP

  • bit
  • bridle
  • check
  • control
  • curb
  • defer
  • delay
  • deny
  • forbear
  • hold down
  • hold in
  • hold off
  • inhibit
  • keep
  • keep back
  • keep out
  • postpone
  • prevent
  • put off
  • refrain
  • refuse
  • restrain
  • stop
  • suppress
  • withhold
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.