stoppage

[stop-ij] / ˈstɒp ɪdʒ /

NOUN

halt, curtailment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blockage closure cutoff interruption layoff lockout shutdown walkout

STRONG

abeyance arrest check close deduction discontinuance down downtime hindrance obstruction occlusion sit-down standstill stopping

Antonyms

STRONG

advance aid assistance continuation encouragement help promotion

WEAK

beginning go start

Example Sentences

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Any stoppage at Samsung could make that crunch worse and benefit Micron.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Play did not resume, with eight minutes of stoppage time having been announced at the end of the regulation 90.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The loose ball ran to Jan Paul van Hecke, who passed to Rutter to score Brighton's stoppage time equaliser.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

City equalised deep into stoppage time through Jeremy Doku to snatch a 3-3 draw.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

It encouraged the leaders of twenty-four separate steel worker craft unions to come together under the banner of the AFL and stage a national work stoppage.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

stoppage

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