Synonyms for stopping
stop·ping

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1. fillet, stoppingnoun

   fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members

   Synonyms:
   taenia, fish fillet, fillet, filet, fish filet, tenia, lemniscus

2. stoppingnoun

   the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch

   "the violinist's stopping was excellent"

   Synonyms:
   fillet

Matched Categories

1. • Fastener
   • Playing

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1. List of paraphrases for "stopping":

   stop, halting, halt, arrest, cessation, curbing, cease, judgment, arresting, stoping, stoppage, braking, parking, ending, parada, suspending

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How to use stopping in a sentence?

1. Matt Lorz:

   He’s always mingling with the fans, going through the expo, stopping through, it’s tough in three days to get through 77 events, but he tries.

2. Donald Trump:

   We have people coming into the country or trying to come in -- we're stopping a lot of them -- but we're taking people out of the country. You wouldn't believe how bad these people are, these aren't people, these are animals. And we're taking them out of the country at a level, at a rate, that's never happened before and because of the weak laws, they come in fast, we get'em, we release'em, we get'em again, we bring'em out. It's crazy.

3. Public Safety Director Steve McCraw:

   The only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated officers from entering room 111 and 112 was the on-scene commander, who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children, the officers had weapons; the children had none. The officers had body armor; the children had none. The officers had training; the subject had none.

4. President Barack Obama:

   We see greater polarization, more frequent gridlock; movements on the far right, and sometimes the left, that insist on stopping the trade that binds our fates to other nations, calling for the building of walls to keep out immigrants.

5. Jo Churchill:

   This decline in diagnoses is a result of our unwavering commitment to prevention which has led to more people getting tested, and has allowed people with HIV to benefit from effective treatment, stopping the virus from spreading further, however, I am not complacent and remain dedicated to ensuring we reach our target of zero new HIV transmissions by 2030.