Claim
Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
How words are described
| old | old claim | old stop |
| good | good claim | good stop |
| best | best claim | best stop |
| better | better claim | better stop |
| Other adjectives: true, single, small, strong, entire, big, serious, little, main, major, final, next, last, several, earlier. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Though the townsfolk claim to have "tried everything" to get him to stop, that apparently doesn't include just asking him to stop, as when this is suggested, it is deemed "just crazy enough to work".
Source: Swiper, No Swiping! - Doesn't stop her stepsister Lauralee from trying, though, and coming out to the hero to claim her gloves still loopy from the painkillers.
Source: Literature / Elemental Masters -
The Misfits decide to stop anyway, tired of all the work, and claim that "they have enough scenes".
Source: Western Animation / Jem
Cite this Source
Stop and Claim. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/claim/stop
Claim & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/claim/stop>.
Stop or Claim. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/claim/stop.
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