possible profanity
| slow(verb, time, help, reduce, cause) | |
| halt(noun, verb, stop, break, control) | |
| dally(verb, activity, stop, settle, draw) | |
| lag(noun, verb, stop, time, help) | |
| drag(noun, verb, move, disorder, cause) | |
| suspension(noun, break, act, time, end) | |
| table(verb, action, hold, drop, reject) | |
| arrest(noun, verb, stop, break, control) | |
| curb(noun, verb, stop, control, reduce) | |
| interrupt(verb, stop, drop, control, close) | |
| temporize(verb, stop, time, cool, cause) | |
| detain(verb, hold, time, help, check) | |
| hesitate(verb, stop, check, restrain, stay) | |
| interruption(noun, break, halt, stay, rest) | |
| suspend(verb, stop, break, drop, reduce) | |
| tarry(noun, verb, activity, stop, cause) | |
| break(noun, verb, stop, bother, disturb) | |
| hamper(verb, trouble, check, cause, block) | |
| hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, trouble) | |
| respite(noun, verb, stop, break, reduce) |
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