Hyphenation of STOPPED

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STOPPED

Definitions of STOPPED:

1.
Come to a halt, stop moving
The car stopped She stopped in front of a store window
2.
Put an end to a state or an activity
Quit teasing your little brother
3.
Stop from happening or developing
Block his election Halt the process
4.
Interrupt a trip
We stopped at Aunt Mary's house They stopped for three days in Florence
5.
Cause to stop
Stop a car Stop the thief
6.
Prevent completion
Stop the project Break off the negotiations
7.
Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
Check the expansion or influence of Arrest the downward trend Check the growth of communism in South East Asia Contain the rebel movement Turn back the tide of communism
8.
Seize on its way
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
9.
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
Either spatial or metaphorical The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other My property ends by the bushes The symphony ends in a pianissimo
10.
Render unsuitable for passage
Block the way Barricade the streets Stop the busy road
11.
Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
Hold on a moment!
12.
(of a nose) blocked
A stopped (or stopped-up) nose

Synonyms of STOPPED:

adj stopped
adj stopped-up, stopped up, obstructed

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