possible profanity
| shelve(verb, stop, drop, reduce, reject) | |
| stoppage(noun, break, check, disorder, halt) | |
| deferment(noun, break, act, time, halt) | |
| hesitation(noun, end, check, event, weakness) | |
| hiatus(noun, break, halt, rest, pause) | |
| hindrance(noun, break, trouble, check, disorder) | |
| hold-up(noun, trouble, check, blow, stay) | |
| impediment(noun, break, trouble, check, disorder) | |
| interval(noun, break, check, halt, stay) | |
| time lag(noun, expression, idiom, pause, lapse) | |
| bar(noun, verb, stop, control, reduce) | |
| hold(noun, verb, stop, drop, control) | |
| inhibit(verb, stop, hold, trouble, control) | |
| moratorium(noun, break, check, halt, stay) | |
| prevent(verb, stop, break, control, reduce) | |
| rest(noun, verb, stop, break, continue) | |
| restrain(verb, stop, hold, control, keep) | |
| set back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, time) | |
| adjourn(verb, stop, reject, cause, do) | |
| keep(verb, hold, cause, restrain, suppress) |
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