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noun • the event of something ending • the act of stopping something • a brief stay in the course of a journey • the state of inactivity following an interruption • a spot where something halts or pauses • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it • a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations • (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes • a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens • a restraint that checks the motion of something • an obstruction in a pipe or tube verb • come to a halt, stop moving • put an end to a state or an activity • stop from happening or developing • interrupt a trip • cause to end • prevent completion • hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of • seize on its way • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical • render unsuitable for passage • stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments | ||||||||
| 26% | 8 | American Revolution time period | ||||||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony • of animals who live in colonies, such as ants noun • a resident of a colony adjective satellite • composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony | ||||||||
| 24% | 10 | Plantation period in American history | ||||||
adjective satellite • belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | ||||||||
An American Period Crossword Clue
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STOP which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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Updated: October 13, 2023
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