Postpone and Stop

Postpone

Postpone verb - To assign to a later time.

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Stop and postpone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Postpone".

Nearby Words: postponement, postponing

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

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Postpone and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Postpone" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

process	postpone process	stop process
plot	postpone plot	stop plot
end	postpone end	stop end
death	postpone death	stop death
Other words: time, plan, game, fight, invasion, curse, war, plans, wedding.

Sizable chunk of Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun will be about pouring vast amounts of time and resources either to bring the war or stop/postpone it.

Source: Useful Notes / Franco-Prussian War
Kirk/Spock fics set immediately after "Amok Time" are extremely common, using the idea that the shock of "killing" Kirk didn't stop Spock's pon farr so much as postpone it.

Source: Fandom Spefific Plot / Live-Action TV
But did the Joyce brothers actually stop the End of Time from occurring, or did they merely postpone it to the oft-mentioned date of 2021, and is Paul actually dead or has he become a Shifter?

Source: Video Game / Quantum Break

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