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dead stop(noun, stop)
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delay(noun, stop, halt, pause, lapse)
2
downtime(noun, stop, calm, break, close)
2
freeze(noun, stop, break, close, end)
2
full stop(noun, expression, stop, halt, stoppage)
2
gridlock(noun, stop, halt, delay, strike)
2
grinding halt(noun, expression, stop, break, close)
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gun
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halting(noun, stop, break, close, end)
2
hiatus(noun, stop, break, close, end)
2
hibernation(noun, inaction)
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idleness(noun, stop, calm, break, quiet)
2
immobility(noun, calm, stillness, inaction)
2
intermit(verb, cessation)
2
interrupt(verb, cessation)
2
labyrinth
2
layoff(noun, stop, break, close, end)
2
lockout(noun, halt, delay, strike, protest)
2
paralysis(noun, calm, slump, stillness, recession)
2
quiescent(adjective, quiescence)
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