verb
Stop shouting, I'm not deaf. The car stopped suddenly. Will the fighting ever stop?
The main problem was how to stop drug trafficking. Can we stop the river from flooding? This tourniquet will stop the bleeding
The drain was all stopped up with paper
He gave me an injection and the pain finally stopped
I'd like to stop for a cup of coffee. I stopped at The Bell Inn on my way here. We stopped short at the sign
noun
The new law put a stop to door-to-door selling. We must bring that practice to a stop
We thoroughly enjoyed our stop in Brighton
There is a bus stop in the next street
A stop in the water supply was soon cleared up
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