| pause(verb, stop, close, complete) |
| suspend(verb, stop, hold, close) |
| interrupt(verb, stop, hold, close) |
| arrest(noun, verb, stop, hold, close) |
| cease(verb, stop, close, reject) |
| desist(verb, stop, close, reduce) |
| check(verb, stop, hold, close) |
| halt(verb, stop, close, reduce) |
| stay(verb, stop, hold, close) |
| stop(verb, close, reduce, release) |
| break off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, close) |
| discontinue(verb, stop, hold, reject) |
| die(verb, stop, fail, halt) |
| fail(verb, stop, halt, finish) |
| finish(verb, stop, close, complete) |
| surcease(noun, verb, stop, fail) |
| terminate(verb, stop, close, complete) |
| adjourn(stop, hold, close, keep) |
| balk(verb, stop, close, complete) |
| bar(verb, stop, hold, close) |