Stoppage - English meaning

noun

A stoppage of the flow in a pump or pipe, caused by an air bubble.

Usage examples:

Their work started about an hour behind schedule because of trouble with an airlock.

noun

A room between two areas that have different air pressure, allowing you to go from one area to the other

Usage examples:

Airlocks are commonly found on submarines and manned spacecraft.

noun

A bubble in a pipe that prevents liquid from flowing along it

verb

Seize (someone) by legal authority and take them into custody.

Usage examples:

The police arrested him for possession of marijuana

noun

The action of seizing someone and taking them into custody.

Usage examples:

I have a warrant for your arrest

verb

Take into custody

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

Usage examples:

A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

noun

An obstruction which makes movement or flow difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

A blockage in the pipes

noun

Something that stops something else passing through, or the act of stopping something passing through

Usage examples:

His death was caused by a blockage in one of his arteries.

noun

The action or fact of blocking or obstructing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The issue led to the disruption of classes and the blocking of the kakata highway by angry students

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

noun

The action or fact of preventing something such as light, air, or a moving object from passing through a place

Usage examples:

He is responsible for dealing with parking violations such as blocking of driveways., the structure…

noun

The fact or process of ending or being brought to an end.

Usage examples:

The cessation of hostilities

noun

The ending of a condition or the stopping of an activity

Usage examples:

[ c usually sing ] a cessation of violence

noun

The fact of something ending or stopping

Usage examples:

The company has now stopped trading and has announced the cessation of its business.

noun

The action of deducting or subtracting something.

Usage examples:

The dividend will be paid without deduction of tax

noun

The process of learning something by considering a general set of facts and thinking about how something specific relates to them

Usage examples:

[ c ] sherlock holmes was famous for making clever deductions., [ c ] new tax regulations would cut…

noun

The process of taking away an amount or a part of something from a total, or the amount that is taken

Usage examples:

The interest you receive will be paid after deduction of tax., the tax and social security authorit…

noun

→  discontinuation

noun

The action of ceasing to do or provide something, especially something that has been provided on a regular basis.

Usage examples:

The discontinuation of the product was a surprise to many

noun

The act of stopping doing or providing something

Usage examples:

He favoured the discontinuation of laboratory studies of dolphins., with success in eradicating sma…

noun

A final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.

Usage examples:

The end of the year

verb

Come or bring to a final point; finish.

Usage examples:

When the war ended, policy changed

suffix

Denoting a person or thing to be treated in a specified way.

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Dividend

verb

Bring (a task or activity) to an end; complete.

Usage examples:

They were straining to finish the job

noun

An end or final part or stage of something.

Usage examples:

A bowl of raspberries was the perfect finish to the meal

verb

To come to an end

Usage examples:

[ i ] the meeting should finish at four o’clock., [ t ] if you’ll let me finish my sentence, i’ll e…

verb

Bring or come to an abrupt stop.

Usage examples:

There is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed

noun

A suspension of movement or activity, typically a temporary one.

Usage examples:

A halt in production

adjective

(of a person) having a physical disability.

Usage examples:

If a man were halt or hunch'd

adjective

Slow and hesitant, especially through lack of confidence; faltering.

Usage examples:

She speaks halting english with a heavy accent

verb

Bring or come to an abrupt stop.

Usage examples:

There is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed

verb

Walk with a limp.

Usage examples:

He halted slightly in his walk

noun

The action of interrupting or being interrupted.

Usage examples:

A chance to study without interruption

noun

An occasion when someone or something stops something from happening for a short period

Usage examples:

Constant/frequent interruptions he found he worked better at home without the constant interruption…

noun

The action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed.

Usage examples:

Walkers could proceed with the minimum of obstruction

noun

The blockage or closing of a blood vessel or hollow organ.

noun

In medicine, something that blocks a tube or opening in the body, or when something is blocked or closed

noun

A period or state of inactivity or equilibrium.

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Long periods of stasis

combining form

Slowing down; stopping.

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Haemostasis

noun

A state that does not change

Usage examples:

She was bored - her life was in stasis.

noun

A filling for a tooth.

verb

(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.

Usage examples:

His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

Present participle of stop

noun

The process or skill of taking one number or amount away from another.

Usage examples:

Subtraction of this figure from the total

noun

The process of taking one number or amount away from another number or amount

Usage examples:

[ u ] the test involves simple addition and subtraction.

noun

The action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication.

Usage examples:

The heavy-handed suppression of political dissent

noun

The act of preventing something from being expressed or known

Usage examples:

The suppression of emotions, the suppression of human rights

noun

The action of suspending someone or something or the condition of being suspended.

Usage examples:

The suspension of military action

noun

The act of hanging something from above so it moves freely

noun

The action of terminating something or the fact of being terminated.

Usage examples:

The termination of a contract

noun

The act of ending something, or the end of something

Usage examples:

Executive directors are entitled to 12 months' notice of termination of their contracts., all benef…