stopper

The bottle stopper was cork, which had expanded over time and stuck to the glass, while the wire which held it in place had rusted away.

Smith is hardly a stopper to whom England have attached a pair of gloves.

Then again, if the Dodgers are to win the World Series, Ohtani at some point might have to hit a so-called Ohtani Stopper.

He changed Luke Schuermann’s role from more of a run stopper to a pass rusher.

So the Liverpool and Brazil stopper was probably always destined to be a goalkeeper, even though his "role model" brother tried to talk him out of it at one point.