| arrest(verb, stop, continue, finish, prevent) |
| belay(verb, stop, continue, prevent) |
| cease(verb, stop, hold, break, close) |
| check(verb, stop, continue, finish, prevent) |
| discontinue(verb, hold, break, close, end) |
| halt(verb, stop, hold, break, close) |
| stall(verb, stop, hold, break, close) |
| stay(verb, stop, hold, break, close) |
| stem(verb, stop, finish, prevent, slow) |
| stop(verb, hold, break, close, end) |
| adjourn(verb, stop, finish, pause, cease) |
| balk(verb, stop, finish, pause, cease) |
| bar(verb, stop, finish, pause, cease) |
| be over(verb, hold, break, close, end) |
| block(verb, stop, finish, pause, cease) |
| blow off(verb, expression, hold, break, close) |
| blow the whistle on(verb, expression, idiom, stop, finish) |
| break(verb, hold, close, end, discontinue) |
| break off(verb, expression, stop, hold, break) |
| bring to a close(verb, expression, idiom, stop, hold) |