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RELATED WORDS : trade stoppage work stoppage

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun stoppage has 3 senses

• stoppage(n = noun.state) arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop - the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
is a kind of inaction, inactiveness, inactivity
has particulars: countercheck, logjam
Derived form verb stop₁₁

• stoppage(n = noun.artifact) block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop - an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
has particulars: breech closer, breechblock, plug, stopper, stopple, vapor lock, vapour lock
is a kind of impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor

• stoppage(n = noun.act) stop - the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
has particulars: stand-down, standdown, haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis
Derived forms verb stop₅, verb stop₂

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THESAURUS

stoppage

Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, Z, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, afterthought, akinetic epilepsy, apodosis, apoplexy, arrest, arrestation, attack, autonomic epilepsy, bar, barrier, bell, bind, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, bottleneck, bureaucratic delay, cardiac epilepsy, catastrophe, ceasing, cecum, cessation, check, checkmate, choking, choking off, clog, clonic spasm, clonus, coda, conclusion, congestion, constipation, consummation, convulsion, cortical epilepsy, costiveness, crack of doom, cramp, cul-de-sac, culmination, cursive epilepsy, curtain, curtains, cutoff, dead end, dead stop, deadlock, death, debarment, decease, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, denouement, destination, destiny, detention, determent, deterrence, discouragement, diurnal epilepsy, doom, double take, dragging, eclampsia, effect, embolism, embolus, end, end point, endgame, ending, envoi, epilepsia, epilepsia gravior, epilepsia major, epilepsia minor, epilepsia mitior, epilepsia nutans, epilepsia tarda, epilepsy, epilogue, eschatology, estoppel, expiration, falling sickness, fate, final solution, final twitch, final whistle, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, fit, focal epilepsy, forbiddance, foreclosure, forestalling, frenzy, full stop, goal, gorge, grand mal, grinding halt, gun, halt, hang-up, haute mal, hindrance, holdup, hysterical epilepsy, ictus, impasse, impediment, infarct, infarction, interim, izzard, jam, lag, lagging, larval epilepsy, laryngeal epilepsy, laryngospasm, last, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latent epilepsy, latter end, lockjaw, lockout, logjam, matutinal epilepsy, menstrual epilepsy, moratorium, musicogenic epilepsy, myoclonous epilepsy, nocturnal epilepsy, obstacle, obstipation, obstruction, obviation, occlusion, omega, paperasserie, paroxysm, pause, payoff, period, peroration, petit mal, physiologic epilepsy, preclusion, prevention, prohibition, psychic epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, quietus, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, reflex epilepsy, reprieve, resolution, respite, resting place, retardance, retardation, rotatoria, sealing off, seizure, sensory epilepsy, serial epilepsy, sit-down strike, slow-up, slowdown, slowness, spasm, stalemate, stand, standoff, standstill, stay, stay of execution, stop, stopping, stopping place, strangulation, strike, stroke, suspension, swan song, tardy epilepsy, term, terminal, termination, terminus, tetanus, tetany, throes, thromboembolism, thrombosis, tie-up, time lag, tonic epilepsy, tonic spasm, torsion spasm, traumatic epilepsy, trismus, ucinate epilepsy, visitation, wait, walkout, windup, work stoppage

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Hindrance

N hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.

Cessation

N cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence, intermission, remission, suspense, suspension, interruption, stop, stopping, closure, stoppage, halt, arrival, pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop, interregnum, abeyance, cloture, dead stop, dead stand, dead lock, finis, cerrado, blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration, comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop, end, death, I pause for a reply.

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