| circumvent(verb, stop, hold, control, beat) |
| cross(verb, phrasal verb, allow, prevent, informal) |
| deadlock(noun, stop, halt, stoppage, stalemate) |
| decline(noun, ruin, defeat, back, slow) |
| deterioration(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, back) |
| end(noun, verb, end) |
| quell(verb, beat, defeat, crush, overcome) |
| reversal(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| stalemate(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, collapse) |
| standstill(noun, stop, halt, stoppage, stalemate) |
| bloomer(noun, back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| confound(verb, beat, defeat, distress, cross) |
| cut short(verb, expression, idiom, stop, hold) |
| disconcert(verb, stop, halt, curb, distress) |
| discouragement(noun, back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| down(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| lapse(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| nonplus(verb, cross, frustrate, blank, thwart) |
| stump(verb, phrasal verb, allow, prevent, informal) |
| upset(defeat, distress, success, perplex, unsettle) |