Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Turned back is an antonym for stop.
Turned back
Both terms in one sentence
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In Rock & Rule, the villainous Mok's computer predicts that the demon can only be turned back by "the magic of one voice, one heart, one soul," but then adds there is "no one" who can stop his plan.
Source: No Man of Woman Born -
No Man of Woman Born: Mok's computer predicts that the demon can only be turned back by "the magic of one voice, one heart, one song," but then adds there is "no one" who can stop his plan.
Source: Western Animation / Rock & Rule -
The Nostromo's self-destruct reaches a point where it's too late to stop it from exploding even if the engine coolant is turned back on.
Source: Film / Alien
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