18
buttress(noun, verb, activity, support, hold)
18
persist(verb, stop, hold, take, go)
17
live(verb, stop, hold, continue, follow)
17
stand(verb, support, stop, hold, break)
16
break(noun, verb, stop, hold, calm)
16
hinder(verb, stop, hold, break, control)
16
interrupt(verb, stop, hold, control, close)
16
obstruct(verb, stop, hold, break, control)
16
reside(verb, stop, hit, settle, see)
16
stoppage(noun, stop, break, close, end)
15
arrest(noun, verb, stop, hold, break)
15
bide(verb, stop, hold, settle, delay)
15
last(verb, stop, hold, take, go)
15
stick(verb, hold, restrain, join, continue)
14
postponement(noun, hold, break, check, halt)
13
block(noun, verb, support, stop, hold)
13
cease(noun, verb, stop, hold, break)
13
discontinue(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
13
impede(verb, stop, hold, break, control)
13
stick around(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, delay)
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