Dam
Dam verb - To prevent passage through by filling with something.
Usage example: ice floes were damming the river
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Usage example: the manufacturer will stop selling the toy and will immediately recall all the units that have already been sold
Dam is a synonym for stop in stem topic. Sometimes you can use "Dam" instead the word "Stop" as a verb or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old dam | old stop |
| full | full dam | full stop |
| single | single dam | single stop |
| small | small dam | small stop |
| Other adjectives: entire, major, abandoned, final, temporary, last, nearby, giant, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
| flow | dam flow | stop flow |
Both words in one sentence
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Stage 2 of the NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game has you attempting to stop the Foot Clan from blowing up a dam.
Source: Big Dam Plot - Surprisingly, despite Aang and Katara's best efforts they fail to stop Jet, and the dam is successfully bombed.
Source: Big Dam Plot - Vegas rehashes the "Mystic Tiger" mission with the climactic "Secret Labs" mission, where you must take a circular route through a dam to get to an underground lab and stop Irina Morales.
Cite this Source
Stop and Dam. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dam/stop
Dam & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dam/stop>.
Stop or Dam. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dam/stop.
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