3
terminate(verb, stop, hold, control, end)
3
turnabout(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
turnaround(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
vestige(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
victory(noun, victory)
2
arrest(noun, verb, stop, hold, control)
2
block(noun, verb, cross, frustrate, blank)
2
cessation(noun, stop, end, halt, stoppage)
2
close(noun, verb, end)
2
contravene(verb, cross, frustrate, blank, thwart)
2
corner(verb, stop, halt, stoppage, stalemate)
2
counteract(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
2
crush(verb, beat, defeat, overcome, subdue)
2
curb(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain)
2
dash(verb, stop, halt, curb, prevent)
2
disappoint(verb, stop, halt, curb, prevent)
2
discountenance(defeat, distress, perplex, unsettle, vex)
2
exit(noun, verb, end)
2
finish(noun, verb, end)
2
full stop(expression, stop, halt, stoppage, stalemate)
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