arrestation
put the brakes on
immobilization
distraining
end
real time
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dead
-ure
deceleration
gap
disruption
interruption
break
-ation
-otic
unselection
degaussing
perpetuation
stop
prolongation
protraction
stoppage
uncompression
brake
lengthening
arrestive
delay
act
recoupling
holdup
-ion
counterprocess
phototesting
resituation
countervailance
task
tracer
trimming
reignition
arrest
unpicking
tracking
processing
irreversible process
stall
depauperization
pretranslator
mismount
slowdown
retardation
deshuffler
lag
outstripping
bode
sustaining
pipeline
pupation
tune
startup
promptness
withdraw
promptitude
hereby
executive
forestallment
halting
threshing
detain
procrastination
deoptimization
hold up
deadening
deterrence
operational
freeze
surpassing
becoming
stopping
suspend
proactive
reduction
deresponsibilization
disembodiment
prevention
fueling
chaining
continuance
ho
bog
driving
instatement
rise
autostop
continuation
discontinuation
discontinuance
dead
arrestive
operational
proactive
driving
hereby
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immobilization
distraining
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real time
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deceleration
gap
disruption
interruption
break
unselection
degaussing
perpetuation
stop
prolongation
protraction
stoppage
uncompression
brake
lengthening
delay
act
recoupling
holdup
counterprocess
phototesting
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countervailance
task
tracer
trimming
reignition
unpicking
tracking
processing
irreversible process
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depauperization
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retardation
deshuffler
lag
outstripping
bode
sustaining
pipeline
pupation
tune
startup
promptness
promptitude
executive
forestallment
halting
threshing
procrastination
deoptimization
deadening
deterrence
surpassing
becoming
stopping
reduction
deresponsibilization
disembodiment
prevention
fueling
chaining
continuance
ho
instatement
rise
autostop
continuation
discontinuation
discontinuance
put the brakes on
arrest
withdraw
delay
detain
hold up
stall
freeze
suspend
bog
noun
- The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- Result.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- Money.
- One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- Death.
- The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
verb
adj
- the complete stoppage of an action
- very tired
- unerringly accurate
- physically inactive
- (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
- devoid of physical sensation; numb
- lacking acoustic resonance
- not yielding a return
- not circulating or flowing
- not surviving in active use
- lacking resilience or bounce
- out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
- no longer having force or relevance
- drained of electric charge; discharged
- devoid of activity
adj
- no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
- not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
noun
- people who are no longer living
- a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
adv
noun
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a narrow opening
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
verb
noun
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- the act of stopping something
- the event of something ending
- a brief stay in the course of a journey
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- a spot where something halts or pauses
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
- a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
verb
- come to a halt, stop moving
- put an end to a state or an activity
- stop from happening or developing
- interrupt a trip
- cause to end
- prevent completion
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- seize on its way
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- render unsuitable for passage
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
noun
- anything that slows or hinders a process
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
verb
noun
- The process of doing something.
- A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A display of behaviour.
- A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- A division of a theatrical performance.
- Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- Any organized activity.
- A performer or performers in a show.
- A formal or official record of something done.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- Something done, a deed.
verb
- Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- To perform a theatrical role.
- To play (a role).
- To convey an appearance of being.
- To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).
- To feign.
- To do something.
- To have an effect (on).
- To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
noun
- The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
- A person who traces something.
- A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
- A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
- A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
verb
- To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- To catch the attention of.
- To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- To undergo cardiac arrest.
noun
- The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
- A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
noun
- An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.
- A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
- A sheath to protect the finger.
- A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
- Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
- An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
- A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
- A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
- A stable; a place for cattle.
- A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
- A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
- The space left by excavation between pillars.
- A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
- A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
verb
- To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
- To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
- To fatten.
- To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- To forestall; to anticipate.
- To stop suddenly.
- To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
- To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
- To keep close; to keep secret.
- To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
- To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
- To come to a standstill.
- To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- To employ delaying tactics against.
noun
- A system or process through which something is conducted.
- A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
- A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc.
- The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.
verb
- To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next.
- To connect a tube from ones mouth to ones anus (or the anus of another), in order to force someone to eat feces.
- To convey something by a system of pipes
- To lay a system of pipes through something
noun
- The act of tuning or maintenance.
- A melody.
- The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
- A song, or short musical composition.
intj
verb
- To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
- To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
- to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.)
- To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
- To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
- To be impudent towards; to cheek.
- To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
- To give a certain tone or character to.
- Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
verb
- To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)
- To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
- To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.
- To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
- To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.
- To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
- To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
- To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
- To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.
- To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.
- Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat.
- To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.
- Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.
- To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
- To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.
- Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
- Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc.
noun
- A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
- A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
- The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
adj
verb
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
- rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
- continue to live and avoid dying
- resist or confront with resistance
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
noun
- The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
- The action of discouraging an action or event by instilling doubt or fear of the penalty or punishment.
- The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
- nuclear deterrence: discouraging nuclear attack through the threat of nuclear retaliation.
- Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.
verb
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- stop moving or become immobilized
- change to ice
- be cold
- cause to freeze
- be very cold, below the freezing point
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- anesthetize by cold
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
noun
noun
- The act, process, or result of reducing.
- a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
- An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
- A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
- The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
- A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
- The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
- The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
- A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
- The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
- A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
noun
- A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
- A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
intj
- Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
- Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
- halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
verb
verb
- To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
- To make a mess of something.
- To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
- To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
- To defecate, to void one's bowels.
- To cover or spray with excrement.
- To sink and stick in bogland.
- To go away.
noun
- The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
- Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
- A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
- An act or instance of defecation.
- A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
- An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
adj
noun
noun
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
- The height of an arch or a step.
verb
- To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- To attain a higher status.
- To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- To have its source (in a particular place).
- Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
- To develop.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
- To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- To be resurrected.
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- To slope upward.
- To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- To come; to offer itself.
- To move upwards.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- To cause to go up or ascend.
noun
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