Contrive and Stop

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Contrive verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

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Stop is an antonym for contrive in topics: invent, bring about.

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

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Contrive is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

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Stop and Contrive. (2016). Retrieved 2023, June 06, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrive/stop

Contrive & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 06 Jun. 2023. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrive/stop>.

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