16
break(noun, verb, stop, hold, drop)
15
stay(noun, verb, stop, hold, break)
14
drop(verb, stop, hold, break, close)
14
surcease(noun, verb, stop, drop, end)
12
check(noun, verb, stop, close, end)
12
culminate(verb, stop, make, close, end)
12
disappear(verb, stop, drop, close, go)
12
renounce(verb, stop, drop, give, end)
11
cessation(noun, stop, close, end, block)
11
leave(verb, stop, drop, give, end)
11
perish(verb, stop, break, drop, close)
11
termination(noun, stop, break, close, end)
10
closure(noun, stop, close, end, continue)
10
conclusion(noun, stop, break, close, end)
10
ending(noun, stop, break, close, end)
10
interruption(noun, stop, break, close, end)
10
relinquish(verb, stop, drop, close, end)
10
vanish(verb, stop, drop, close, go)
9
discontinuance(noun, stop, break, close, end)
9
forbear(verb, stop, give, restrain, withdraw)
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