Stop and Urge

Opposite meaning words

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

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Urge is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

Urge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

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Stop is an antonym for urge in beg topic.

Nearby Words: urged, urging

long	long stop	long urge
complete	complete stop	complete urge
instant	instant stop	instant urge
strong	strong stop	strong urge
Other adjectives: big, great, hidden, last, occasional, giant, sudden.

Stop Hitting Yourself: One of the devices the Torturer's Guild uses is the revolutionary, which implants in its victim an overpowering urge to harm themselves.

Source: Literature / Book of the New Sun
But whatever, you're annoyed by the wrongness, and now you can't stop your urge to correct it!

Source: Correction Bait
If Sonic were to stop running (fight the urge) and look at these clothes, swastikas could be spotted.◊ This has since been patched.◊

Source: No Swastikas

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