Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Weaken
Weaken verb - To diminish the physical strength of.
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The body of a fellow player will weaken bullets, but it won't stop them unless they have already lost a lot of momentum.
Source: One-Hit Polykill - Starbright and the Dream Eater - An Eldritch Abomination comes to Earth and begins inflicting bad dreams on people in order to weaken them to death, and one preteen has to stop it.
Source: Children's Literature -
If they stop receiving human belief, the associated demon receives less energy, causing them to weaken as they use up their reserves.
Source: Webcomic / Sins
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Weaken and Stop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/weaken
Stop & Weaken. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/weaken>.
Weaken or Stop. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/weaken.
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