stoppage

n.
The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped; a halt: called for a work stoppage.

noun

1. The act of stopping: cessation, check, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt¹, stay¹, stop, surcease. See continue/stop/pause.
2. The condition of being stopped: cessation, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt¹, standstill, stop, surcease. See continue/stop/pause.
3. A cessation of normal activity, caused by an accident or strike, for example: gridlock, immobilization, jam, tie-up. See continue/stop/pause.

n

Definition: halt, curtailment
Antonyms: beginning, continuation, go, start

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Extreme lossage that renders something (usually something vital) completely unusable. “The recent system stoppage was caused by a fried transformer.”

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afbrydelse, standsning, ophør

Nederlands (Dutch)
staking, halt

Français (French)
n. - (Ind) interruption de travail, (GB) retenue sur salaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stillstand(szeit), Stau, Sperrung, Abzug, Stopp

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διακοπή, σταμάτημα, κράτηση, παρακράτηση (μισθού κ.λπ.), φράξιμο

Italiano (Italian)
sospensione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - interrupção (f)

Русский (Russian)
остановка, задержка, прекращение работы, забастовка, пробка в уличном движении, приостановление платежей, прекращение снабжения, вычет

Español (Spanish)
n. - huelga, paro, suspensión, oclusión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tilltäppning, stoppande, spärrning, avdrag

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
停止, 中止, 堵塞, 阻塞, 阻碍

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 停止, 中止, 堵塞, 阻塞, 阻礙

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 멈춤, 막음, 동맹 파업

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 止めること, 停止, 障害

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) توقف, انسداد, مستقطع من الراتب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עצירה, בלימה, עיכוב, שביתה, מעצור, סתימה (בצינור)‬

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