Appear and Stop

Appear

Appear verb - To come into existence.
Usage example: the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately

Stop is an antonym for appear in perform topic.

Nearby Words: appearance, appearing

Stop

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

Appear is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

Common collocations

man appear man stop man
people appear people stop people
series appear series stop series
show appear show stop show
Other words: time, characters, world, game, evil, fight, anyone, everyone, humans, attacks.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Dolls However, instead of turning on Judy as you'd expect, the dolls appear to truly listen to Judy and stop hurting Ralph.
    Source: Film / Dolls
  • The Confessor sacrificed his "life" and reputation to stop an alien invasion — the reputation because the sacrifice revealed that he was a vampire, and made him appear to be a serial killer.
  • She's not strong enough to stop him by herself, though Mothra didn't appear in the later films in this series as it is.
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