| fail(verb, stop, end, halt, finish) |
| finish(verb, stop, close, end, complete) |
| give |
| hesitate(verb, discontinuity) |
| hold off(verb, expression, stop, reduce, reject) |
| postpone(verb, stop, hold, keep, reduce) |
| prorogue(verb, stop, hold, keep, reduce) |
| put off(verb, expression, stop, hold, keep) |
| surcease(noun, verb, stop, end, fail) |
| terminate(verb, stop, close, end, complete) |
| abate(verb, release, moderate, decrease, slack) |
| adjourn(stop, hold, close, end, keep) |
| balk(verb, stop, close, end, complete) |
| bankrupt |
| bar(verb, stop, hold, close, end) |
| better |
| block(noun, verb, stop, hold, close) |
| breach |
| break up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, halt, delay) |
| bring to an end(expression, idiom, stop, close, end) |