| pause(verb, stop, close, end, complete) |
| suspend(verb, stop, hold, close, end) |
| break |
| interrupt(verb, stop, hold, close, end) |
| arrest(noun, verb, stop, hold, close) |
| cease(verb, stop, close, end, reject) |
| remit(verb, stop, reduce, delay, decrease) |
| delay(noun, verb, stop, reduce, reject) |
| desist(verb, stop, close, end, reduce) |
| alternate(adjective, discontinuity, regularity of recurrence periodicity) |
| check(verb, stop, hold, close, end) |
| defer(verb, stop, hold, keep, reduce) |
| halt(verb, stop, close, end, reduce) |
| stay(verb, stop, hold, close, end) |
| stop(verb, close, end, reduce, release) |
| break off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, close) |
| discontinue(verb, stop, hold, end, reject) |
| hold up(verb, expression, stop, reduce, reject) |
| cut off(verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| die(verb, stop, end, fail, halt) |