Advancing
Advancing adjective - Moving forward.
Stop is an antonym for advancing in topics: number, promote or propose an idea, often quickly, give money beforehand.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Both words in one sentence
- Nearly all of your plot-advancing actions ensure that humanity will die out, and all the sacrifices made to stop this are now worthless.
- Alloran. He committed genocide on an innocent species in his attempt to stop the Yeerks from advancing further into the universe.
Source: Jerkass Woobie / Literature - If this happens at third base and you're playing defense, you may have to stop the computer's runner from advancing to home.
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