| discontinue(verb, stop, hold, break, drop) |
| cease(verb, stop, hold, break, drop) |
| debar(verb, stop, reject, restrain, halt) |
| eliminate(verb, stop, help, end, remove) |
| halt(verb, activity, stop, hold, break) |
| interrupt(verb, stop, close, end, reject) |
| put a stop to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, stop) |
| rule out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, reject) |
| adjourn(verb, activity, stop, close, end) |
| anticipate(verb, stop, restrain, halt, block) |
| arrest(verb, stop, reject, restrain, halt) |
| avert(verb, stop, restrain, halt, block) |
| avoid(verb, stop, restrain, halt, block) |
| baffle(verb, stop, restrain, halt, block) |
| balk(verb, stop, restrain, halt, block) |
| block(verb, stop, restrain, halt, prevent) |
| break up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, activity, stop) |
| can(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, halt) |
| check(verb, stop, reject, restrain, crush) |
| chill(verb, stop, restrain, halt, block) |