Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Work on
Work on verb - To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.
Both terms in one sentence
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He only goes back to work on 9/11, where he's not quite fast enough to stop the first plane, so one tower is still demolished (he saves the other one).
Source: Reed Richards Is Useless -
The computer banks will work on this problem to the exclusion of all else until we order it to stop.
Source: As You Know - A fully evolved Stasis Bubble in a chokepoint is able to stop an entire army of enemy units, as it only does not work on enemies with armor.
Source: Useless Useful Spell
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Work on and Stop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/work_on
Stop & Work on. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/work_on>.
Work on or Stop. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/work_on.
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