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dead stop
noun as in full stop
Example Sentences
When the Tahoe came to a dead stop, he jumped out and was swiftly caught—just 16 minutes after OnStar was activated.
I am particularly pleased with this idea of yours, because I am come to a dead stop.
But, even as his powerful muscles contracted for the expected blow, the giant came to a dead stop.
Desperate determination pushed it along, and there was in consequence a dead stop at the head of the next sentence.
As the train 76 began to slow down for a dead stop, Jerry peered curiously out of the car window.
Yet that train, which a few moments earlier had been speeding along in all its power and pride, had come to a dead stop.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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