| dead stop(noun, stop) |
| delay(noun, stop, halt, pause, lapse) |
| downtime(noun, stop, calm, break, close) |
| freeze(noun, stop, break, close, end) |
| full stop(noun, expression, stop, halt, stoppage) |
| gridlock(noun, stop, halt, delay, strike) |
| grinding halt(noun, expression, stop, break, close) |
| gun |
| halting(noun, stop, break, close, end) |
| hiatus(noun, stop, break, close, end) |
| hibernation(noun, inaction) |
| idleness(noun, stop, calm, break, quiet) |
| immobility(noun, calm, stillness, inaction) |
| intermit(verb, cessation) |
| interrupt(verb, cessation) |
| labyrinth |
| layoff(noun, stop, break, close, end) |
| lockout(noun, halt, delay, strike, protest) |
| paralysis(noun, calm, slump, stillness, recession) |
| quiescent(adjective, quiescence) |