Put an end to a state or an activity

• Cause to stop
• Seize on its way
• Check the expansion or influence of
• Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
• Prevent completion
• Stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
• Come to a halt, stop moving
• Have end in a certain location

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n. (plural of stope English)