Prefer and Stop

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Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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Stop is an antonym for prefer in favor topic.

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

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Prefer is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

people	prefer people	stop people
someone	prefer someone	stop someone
series	prefer series	stop series
death	prefer death	stop death
Other words: time, characters, world, game, music, weapon, fighting, humans, guys.

Post-Insomniac prefer to pair him with dragons however that doesn't stop girls of other species from flirting with him.

Source: Interspecies Romance / Video Games
He doesn't want to be normal, but he'd really prefer it if people would stop shooting at him.

Source: Film / Red
They'd prefer either to get paid for uses which would be considered fair use or even to stop a use they don't like, even where fair use permits it.

Source: Useful Notes / Copyright

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