Stop and Start

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Stop

Stop verb - Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
Usage example: Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
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Start is an antonym for stop in topics: end, quit, cease, visit, prevent.
Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

Start

Start noun - The point at which something begins.
Usage example: knew from the start of the game that he would win easily
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Antonyms for Start
Stop is an antonym for start in topics: begin, beginning, set about, start up, set in motion.
Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup
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How words are described

good good stop good start
full full stop full start
nice nice stop nice start
best best stop best start
Other adjectives: long, standing, brief, complete, true, dead, awkward, abrupt, small, strong, big, great, bad, main, final, next, last, several, comic, sudden.

Common collocations

rampage stop rampage start rampage
attack stop attack start attack
people stop people start people
group stop group start group
Other words: process, plot, series, end, time, plan, world, game, apocalypse, fight, invasion, car, fighting, war, wars.
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