13
stopped(noun, verb, adjective, stopped, interrupted)
8
halted(verb, adjective, stopped, ceased, hesitated)
7
stayed(verb, adjective, stopped, rested, interrupted)
7
discontinued(verb, adjective, ceased)
6
delayed(noun, verb, adjective, interrupted, hesitated)
6
rested(verb, rested)
6
ceased(verb, adjective, stopped, ceased)
6
interrupted(verb, adjective, interrupted, ceased)
6
recessed(verb, adjective, interrupted)
5
ended(verb, adjective, stopped, ceased)
5
suspended(verb, adjective, interrupted, ceased)
5
terminated(verb, adjective, stopped, ceased)
3
broken(verb, adjective, interrupted, ceased)
3
desisted(verb, ceased)
3
faltered(verb, hesitated)
3
hesitated(verb, hesitated)
3
waited(verb, rested, hesitated)
2
abandoned(verb, adjective, ceased)
2
balked(verb, hesitated)
2
broke(verb, interrupted, ceased)
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