Contain and Stop

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Contain verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Usage example: frantic efforts to contain the spread of the disease

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Stop is a synonym for contain in control topic. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Contain", when it comes to topics like restrain.

Nearby Words: container, containing, containment, containable

Stop verb - Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.

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Contain is a synonym for stop in restrain topic. You can use "Contain" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

people	contain people	stop people
characters	contain characters	stop characters
music	contain music	stop music
monster	contain monster	stop monster
Other words: virus, enemies, monsters.

Superman was mind controlled and they showed up to contain him while the Justice League tried to stop the person who had control of him.

Source: Cape Busters
True, they're meant to contain The Virus, but that doesn't stop a group of Blackwatch soldiers from firing on civilians for no good reason and laughing the whole time.

Source: Psycho for Hire
Mercer intends to stop a bioweapon outbreak and the military unit willing to destroy New York to contain it, mainly by murdering his way through both.

Source: '90s Anti-Hero

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