Impetus and Stop

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Impetus noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Stop is an antonym for impetus.

Stop noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.

Usage example: pulled out all the stops and presented the most spectacular show ever

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Impetus is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

true	true impetus	true stop
single	single impetus	single stop
entire	entire impetus	entire stop
big	big impetus	big stop
Other adjectives: great, serious, main, major, different.

PANDRA believes that they don't have to obey the rules because they're powerful enough to blast their way through anyone trying to stop them (and in Kyosuke's case, he's pretty much right), and the threat of this (along with plain old bigotry) is the impetus behind the Normal People's terrorism.

Source: Manga / Zettai Karen Children

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