Budge
Budge verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.
Usage example: traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck
Both words in one sentence
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You can tell by watching: After the hit Nightmare's weapon slows to a stop, and Nightmare doesn't budge at all for the rest of the match.
Source: Series / BattleBots -
But here, not only can they bring even the heaviest cars to an instant dead stop, they absolutely won't budge.
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A House Divided: The utopian Adams refuses to budge on the slavery issue, foreseeing a future cataclysm if they don't stop it here and now.
Source: Theatre / 1776
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