| end(verb, stop, hold, break, drop) |
| halt(verb, stop, hold, break, drop) |
| interrupt(verb, stop, hold, drop, control) |
| stop(verb, stop, hold, break, control) |
| break off(verb, expression, stop, hold, break) |
| check(verb, stop, break, control, close) |
| terminate(verb, stop, hold, break, drop) |
| arrest(verb, stop, hold, break, control) |
| pull up(verb, expression, stop, hold, break) |
| stall(stop, hold, break, drop, close) |
| stay(verb, stop, hold, break, drop) |
| stem(verb, stop, close, end, complete) |
| suspend(verb, stop, hold, break, close) |
| adjourn(verb, stop, close, end, reject) |
| balk(verb, stop, close, end, complete) |
| block(verb, stop, close, end, separate) |
| blow the whistle on(expression, idiom, stop, close, end) |
| break up(verb, expression, stop, drop, close) |
| bring to an end(expression, idiom, stop, hold, break) |
| bring to standstill(expression, idiom, stop, close, end) |