Nail and Stop

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Nail verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.

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Stop is an antonym for nail in fasten topic.

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

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

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Nail is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

human	human nail	human stop
best	best nail	best stop
long	long nail	long stop
single	single nail	single stop
Other adjectives: small, big, bad, main, key, final, last, giant.

guy	nail guy	stop guy
people	nail people	stop people
group	nail group	stop group
someone	nail someone	stop someone
Other words: time, characters, anyone, enemy, guys.

In the DLC The Darkspawn Chronicles, the nail is that the Warden died during the Joining, leaving Alistair alone to stop the Blight.

Source: For Want Of A Nail / Video Games
His city is a veritable hive of crime and he knows it - but that doesn't stop him from fighting tooth and nail for it.

Source: Knight in Sour Armor
E is for Extinction's nail is Xavier going through with his suicide plan to stop Cassandra Nova Spider-Island has the Spider-Virus mutating faster before it can be cured.

Source: Comic Book / Secret Wars (2015)

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