Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Vest
Vest verb - To give official or legal power to.
Usage example: “By the power vested in me by the state,” intoned the minister, “I now pronounce that you are married”
Both words in one sentence
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Although they were shot in the head, and may have been wearing a bulletproof vest, since they were in one of the former guards' uniforms, but this still probably wouldn't stop all of them.
Source: Bulletproof Human Shield - Boobs of Steel: Well, boobs of gel enclosed in bullet-resistant polymers, which are apparently sufficient to stop bullets as well as a bulletproof vest.
Source: Webcomic / The Dragon Queen -
Harry then correctly notes that a bulletproof vest might stop gunshots, but isn't so good for sharp, pointy objects.
Source: Literature / White Night
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