Brakes and Stops

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Brakes noun - A braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle.

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Stops and brakes are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stops" instead a verb "Brakes".

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Brakes and stops are semantically related. You can use "Brakes" instead a verb "Stops".

In "Marge on the Lam", Ruth with Marge brakes and stops in time before driving into the chasm, but Homer and Chief Wiggum fail to stop and fly over the cliff until they are saved by a landfill mountain.

Source: Trash Landing
Doctor Horrible's damaged remote control device starts working again just long enough to finally hit the brakes, and the van stops with inches to spare.

Source: Unflinching Faith in the Brakes
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Truth in Television — short of putting on the brakes or derailing, nothing stops a train.

Source: Film / Unstoppable

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