Stop and Ward

Stop

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

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Ward and stop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ward" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

Ward verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Stop and ward are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Ward".

Nearby Words: warden, wardship, warder, warded, wardroom

old	old stop	old ward
good	good stop	good ward
female	female stop	female ward
full	full stop	full ward
Other adjectives: true, single, small, entire, main, abandoned, temporary, insane, earlier.

The Merlin uses a single ward to stop an army of vampires, an army which included Outsiders, beings that are normally immune to magic.

Source: Literature / Dead Beat
Idiot Ball: Scrum chooses to flirt with a beautiful-yet-deadly mermaid, ignoring the better judgments of his fellow men who try to stop him or ward the creature off.

Source: Film / Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
My Friends... and Zoidberg: The hospital ward where Yossarian stays at the start of the novel slowly empties out as everyone decides to stop faking their illnesses and leave.

Source: Literature / Catch-22

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