Prevail
Prevail verb - To achieve victory (as in a contest).
Stop and prevail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Prevail".
Nearby Words: prevailing, prevalent
Stop
Stop verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: they were eventually stopped by the best team in the league
Both words in one sentence
- To save Equestria, Twilight will have to prevail against power-hungry ponies and those who would wish to stop the gathering of the elements of harmony.
- In the final episode of Beast Wars, Megatron mocks Optimus Primal's attempts to stop him by quoting the Codex of Primus, which stated that "the hero would not prevail".
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