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. Mitch McConnell:

   100 percent of my focus is on stopping this new administration.

2. President Trump:

   The Summit with Russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media, i look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed, including stopping terrorism, security for Israel, nuclear proliferation, cyber attacks, trade, Ukraine, Middle East peace, North Korea and more.

3. Dianne Feinstein:

   We’re in a new age where terrorist groups like ISIL are using social media to reinvent how they recruit and plot attacks, that information can be the key to identifying and stopping terrorist recruitment or a terrorist attack, but we need help from technology companies.

4. Robert West:

   If you've got a big problem( people think) you need a big solution, face touching [ appears to be ] such a trivial thing. It's almost silly, and it just doesn't feel right that stopping face touching could make much of a difference.

5. Governor Andrew Cuomo:

   A fair day's wage for a fair day's work is a principle that this state was built upon, this administration is committed to stopping employers who exploit workers and deny them what they are rightfully owed.