Definition of stoppage
: the act of stopping : the state of being stopped : halt, obstruction
- a stoppage in play
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Examples of stoppage in a Sentence
The penalty caused a stoppage in play.
There have been more than 10 minutes in stoppages.
10 minutes of stoppage time
Recent Examples of stoppage from the Web
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Yerry Mina's stoppage time equaliser in that game pushed the odds back to 6/1, while England were then briefly at an enormous 20/1 after Jordan Henderson missed in the penalty shootout meant that the team's chances suddenly were hanging by a thread.
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Lingard failed to connect with a Kane through ball in 78th, Kane miss-hit a header off a free kick in stoppage time, and Stones’ header from a corner was cleared off the line by Vrsaljko in the 99th.
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In the final minute of stoppage time, Pontius passed to Alessandrini on a counterattack and Alessandrini’s 20-yard shot finished off the Crew.
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The closest Neymar came to scoring wasn’t until stoppage time at the end of the game, when a curling right-foot shot from the edge of the area looked to be creeping under the bar.
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Yet into stoppage time at the end of regulation, Colombia's Yerry Mina rose highest and headed home a Juan Cuadrado corner, to send the game into the extra time.
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In stoppage time Mateus Uribe fired a stinging shot from long range and Pickford leaped to keep it out with one outstretched hand, sending it wide of the goal and cannoning into the advertising boards.
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But as the game entered the third minute of stoppage time, Yerry Mina headed in an equalizer.
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New York scored three goals before Magnus Rasmussen nailed a header in stoppage time to salvage a point for Louisville City in O'Connor and Byrd's final appearances.
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First Known Use of stoppage
15th century
stoppage Synonyms
Synonyms
arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stop, surcease, termination;
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Related Words
abeyance, break, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, standstill, suspension;
STOPPAGE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of stoppage for English Language Learners
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: the act of stopping something
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: a situation in which workers stop working for a period of time as a protest
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sports : an occurrence in which play is stopped during a game
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