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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% | 4 | Word with high or tight | ||||||
noun • ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc • a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance • the finishing line on a racetrack • a message transmitted by telegraph verb • provide with electrical circuits • send cables, wires, or telegrams • fasten with wire • string on a wire • equip for use with electricity | ||||||||
26% | 10 | ___ wire, a type of strong, thin wire used for strangulation | ||||||
noun • an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation verb • strangle with an iron collar | ||||||||
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We think the answer is "" which means:
- 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 adjective
- • Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
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