Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Using up
Using up noun - The act of consuming something.
Both terms in one sentence
- Justice tries to stop the Bandit from leaving a shipping yard and the Bandit tricks him into using up all of his bullets.
Source: It Works Better with Bullets -
If that wasn't bad enough, the only one who could stop it just died using up all her energy.
Source: Film / Drag Me to Hell - Heck: Alexander's quest takes place centuries before, and accessed through Epoch's dream sequence but that doesn't stop them using up your Extracts.
Source: Bag of Sharing
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