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Come To A Standstill Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is STOP which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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99%4Exact Match!
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

98%12Exact Match!
verb

• be unable to move further

95%8Exact Match!
verb

• stop moving or become immobilized

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Source #Number Answer
Telegraph Cross Atlantic16 Apr 2024 Down 50
The Guardian Quick25 Oct 2010 Down 8
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