| annul(verb, stop, ruin, destroy, prevent) |
| avert(verb, stop, separate, reduce, restrain) |
| bamboozle |
| baulk |
| bilk(verb, stop, ruin, halt, curb) |
| block out(expression, stop, close, halt, prevent) |
| blow whistle on(verb, expression, idiom, block, delay) |
| bollix(stop, beat, block, curb, hinder) |
| bottle up(expression, restrain, halt, block, bar) |
| box in(verb, expression, restrain, halt, block) |
| bring to screeching halt(verb, expression, idiom, restrain, halt) |
| bring up short |
| cancel(verb, stop, decline, reject, ruin) |
| catch(verb, stop, close, halt, block) |
| censor(verb, stop, decline, reject, halt) |
| charge(verb, stop, close, halt, block) |
| close(verb, stop, check, halt, block) |
| close out(expression, stop, close, halt, prevent) |
| confront(verb, stop, separate, prevent, hinder) |
| congest(verb, stop, close, check, halt) |