Forwards and Stops

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Forwards adverb - Toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time.

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Stops is an antonym for forwards.

Nearby Word: forward

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Forwards is an antonym for stops.

From that point forwards, the rain begins whenever people clap, and stops when they stop clapping.

Source: Film / Year One
Wrong Genre Savvy: Glenda knows trashy romance novel tropes backwards and forwards, and doesn't really get a handle on events until she stops thinking in those terms and starts working with Earn Your Happy Ending instead.

Source: Discworld / Unseen Academicals
Defense of the Ancients: All-Stars and Dota 2, despite being isometric games, have a subtle form of this: making tight turns results in slight lag of a fraction of a second while your character stops moving forwards and accelerates backwards or sideways.

Source: Tank Controls

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