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1. The state of inactivity following an interruption
   - arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop
    
2. An obstruction in a pipe or tube
   - blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop
    
3. The act of stopping something
   "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
   - stop

Derived forms: stoppages

See also: stop

Type of: act, deed, human action, human activity, impediment, impedimenta, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor