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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, bring to screeching halt, check, choke, choke off, clog, close off, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hamper, handicap, hang up, hesitate, hold back, hold up, impede, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, retardate, set back, shut down, shut off, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall, take down |
| Antonyms: | advance, help, push |
| Main Entry: | squash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compress |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bear, bruise, crowd, crush, distort, extinguish, flatten, jam, kill, macerate, mash, pound, press, pulp, push, put down, quash, quell, scrunch, shut down, sit on, smash, squeeze, squish, stamp on, suppress, trample, triturate |
| Notes: | quash means to crush or to subdue or to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely, while squash means to compress, crush, or squeeze |
| Antonyms: | fan, open, uncompress |
| Main Entry: | stall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay for own purposes |
| Synonyms: | arrest, avoid the issue, beat around the bush, brake, check, die, drag one's feet, equivocate, fence, filibuster, halt, hamper, hedge, hinder, hold off, interrupt, not move, play for time, postpone, prevaricate, put off, quibble, shut down, slow, slow down, stand, stand off, stand still, stay, still, stonewall, stop, suspend, take one's time, tarry, temporize |
| Antonyms: | advance, allow, further, help |
| Main Entry: | still |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make quiet, motionless, calm |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, arrest, balm, becalm, calm, choke, compose, decrease volume, fix, gag, hush, lull, muffle, muzzle, pacify, quiet, quieten, settle, shush, shut down, shut up, silence, slack, smooth, smooth over, soothe, squash, squelch, stall, stop, subdue, tranquilize |
| Antonyms: | agitate, disturb, irritate, move |
| Main Entry: | stop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring or come to a halt or end |
| Synonyms: | be over, blow off, break, break off, call it a day, cease, close, cold turkey, come to a standstill, conclude, cool it, cut out, cut short, desist, discontinue, draw up, drop, end, finish, halt, hang it up, hold, kill, pause, pull up, put an end to, quit, quit cold, refrain, run its course, scrub, shut down, sign off, stall, stand, stay, tarry, terminate, wind up, wrap up |
| Antonyms: | advance, begin, continue, go, start |
| Main Entry: | stop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, hold back |
| Synonyms: | arrest, avoid, bar, block, bottle, break, check, choke, choke off, clog, close, congest, cut off, disrupt, fill, fix, forestall, frustrate, gag, hinder, hush, impede, intercept, interrupt, muzzle, obstruct, occlude, plug, put a stop to, rein in, repress, restrain, seal, shut down, shut off, shut out, silence, stall, staunch, stay, stem, still, stopper, suspend, throw over, turn off, ward off |
| Antonyms: | allow, continue, encourage |
| Main Entry: | subdue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep under control; moderate |
| Synonyms: | bear down, beat down, break, break in, check, conquer, control, crush, defeat, discipline, dominate, drop, extinguish, gentle, get the better of, get the upper hand, get under control, humble, mellow, overcome, overpower, overrun, put down, quash, quell, quench, quiet, quieten, reduce, repress, restrain, shut down, soften, squelch, subjugate, suppress, tame, temper, tone down, trample, triumph over, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | arouse, incite, release, rouse, start |
| Main Entry: | turn off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop from operating |
| Synonyms: | close, cut, cut out, douse, extinguish, halt, hit the switch, kill*, log off, put out, shut, shut down, shut off, switch off, turn out, unplug |
| Antonyms: | begin, open, start, turn on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | struck |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | closed by a strike |
| Synonyms: | closed, idle, shut down |
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