dead stop
noun
Roget 142:
cessation,
discontinuance,
desistance,
desinence†.
intermission,
remission;
suspense,
suspension;
interruption;
stop;
stopping
etc.
v.;
closure,
stoppage,
halt;
arrival
etc.
292.
pause,
rest,
lull,
respite,
truce,
drop;
interregnum,
abeyance;
cloture [U.S.].
dead stop,
dead stand,
dead lock;
finis,
cerrado [Sp.];
blowout,
burnout,
meltdown,
disintegration;
comma,
colon,
semicolon,
period,
full stop;
end
etc.
67;
death
etc.
360.
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Roget 265:
rest;
stillness
etc.
adj.;
quiescence;
stagnation,
stagnancy;
fixity,
immobility,
catalepsy;
indisturbance†;
quietism.
quiet,
tranquility,
calm;
repose
etc.
687;
peace;
dead calm,
anticyclone†;
statue-like repose;
silence
etc.
203;
not a breath of air,
not a mouse stirring;
sleep
etc.
(inactivity)
683.
pause,
lull
etc.
(cessation)
142;
stand still;
standing still
etc.
v.;
lock;
dead lock,
dead stop,
dead stand;
full stop;
fix;
embargo.
resting place;
gite [Fr.];
bivouac;
home
etc.
(abode)
189;
pillow
etc.
(support)
215;
haven
etc.
(refuge)
666;
goal
etc.
(arrival)
292.
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Moby thesaurus: arrest, bell, cessation, check, checkmate, cutoff, dead set, dead stand, deadlock, dying down, ebb, ebbing, end, endgame, ending, final whistle, full stop, grinding halt, gun, halt, lock, lockout, sit-down strike, stalemate, stand, standoff, standstill, stay, stillstand, stop, stoppage, strike, subsidence, walkout, wane, waning, work stoppage ... show more.
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