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  • past participle of stop.
  • past tense form of stop.
Synonyms

stopped

British  
/ stɒpt /

adjective

  1. (of a pipe or tube, esp an organ pipe) closed at one end and thus sounding an octave lower than an open pipe of the same length

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Obrokta stopped giving to TFA, and the team went 5-5 in the 2025 season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

A different choice in that great and underappreciated “what if?” could have stopped this nightmare.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

Crimea’s tourism sector has been severely affected, with bookings falling by as much as half, and basic services have stopped functioning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

All the trams and traffic was stopped before protesters staged a sit down.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

After a while, once we were well out of sight of everyone on the road, she stopped and told us what she had in mind.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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