Accelerating and Stop

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Stop is an antonym for accelerating in timing topic.

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Accelerating is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock: the Excelsior is accelerating up to transwarp when Scotty's sabotage kicks in, everything breaks down and it coasts to a stop, accompanied by a humorous "engine sputtering to a stop" noise.

Source: Space Friction
Accelerating or decelerating cost fuel, but turning didn't — so braking to a stop at speed 32, turning around, and accelerating back up to speed 32 again cost you 64 fuel units, but keeping your speed at 32 and turning around cost you no fuel at all.

Source: Video Game / Starfighter

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