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the event of something ending
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the act of stopping something
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a brief stay in the course of a journey
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the state of inactivity following an interruption
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a spot where something halts or pauses
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a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
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a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
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(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
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a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
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a restraint that checks the motion of something
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an obstruction in a pipe or tube
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come to a halt, stop moving
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put an end to a state or an activity
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stop from happening or developing
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interrupt a trip
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cause to stop
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prevent completion
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hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
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seize on its way
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have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
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render unsuitable for passage
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stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
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