Break and Delay

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

Usage example: the final vote broke the deadlock

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Delay is a synonym for break in stop topic. In some cases you can use "Delay" instead the word "Break" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Delay noun - Time during which some action is awaited.

Usage example: instant replay caused too long a delay

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Break is a synonym for delay. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead the word "Delay" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

high	high break	high delay
long	long break	long delay
brief	brief break	brief delay
short	short break	short delay
Other adjectives: initial, small, actual, massive, huge, little, slight, infamous, dramatic, momentary, temporary, slightest, several, lengthy, sudden, longest, biggest.

After a second delay, the audience announced it to be after the break, but the host replied "right now, actually".

Source: Commercial Break Cliffhanger
The women who work for Dunder-Mifflin advise him to break up with her, and eventually he does, although she manages to delay the action by getting breast implants.

Source: Double Standard Abuse Female On Male / Live-Action TV
Mei attempts to break or at least alter Souta's in episode 7, but ultimately the best she's able to do is delay its activation.

Source: Light Novel / If Her Flag Breaks

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