Related Words for intermit

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pause
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Noun, Verb
break
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Verb, Verb, Noun
interrupt
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Noun
intervene
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Verb
stop
/
Noun
interject
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Verb
stop over
/xx
Phrase, Verb
abide
x/
Verb
leave off
//
Phrase, Verb
halt
/
Noun
intercept
xx/
Noun
breathe
/
Verb
disrupt
x/
Verb
interlude
/xx
Noun
suspend
x/
Verb
interfere
xx/
Verb
hesitate
/xx
Verb
interpose
xx/
Verb
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
rest
/
Noun
desist
x/
Verb
impinge
x/
Verb
adjourn
x/
Verb
break off
//
Phrase, Verb
cease
/
Noun
intersect
xx/
Noun
impede
x/
Verb
remit
x/
Noun
wait
/
Verb
stint
/
Noun
prevent
x/
Verb
recess
x/
Noun
cut short
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
refrain
x/
Noun
delay
x/
Noun
fine
/
Adjective
grind to a halt
//xx
Phrase, Verb
chop
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Noun
retire
x/
Verb
abrupt
x/
Adjective
curtail
x/
Verb
terminate
/xx
Verb
forbear
x/
Verb
break into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
drop
/
Noun
lay over
//x
Phrase, Verb
hitch
/
Noun
interweave
xx/
Verb
let be
//
Phrase, Verb
obstruct
x/
Verb
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
shut off
//
Phrase, Verb
cut off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
while
/
Noun
come to a stop
//x/
Phrase, Verb
come to an end
////
Phrase, Verb
lay off
//
Phrase, Verb
stop off
//
Phrase, Verb
occur
x/
Verb
switch off
//
Phrase, Verb
sit out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
omit
x/
Verb
interdict
/xx
Noun
transpire
x/x
Verb
arrest
x/
Noun
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
let up
//
Phrase, Verb
fluctuate
/xx
Verb
imperil
x/x
Verb
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
spare
/
Adjective
relent
x/
Verb
period
/xx
Noun
stopgap
/x
Noun
hold
/
Noun
intrude
x/
Verb
snooze
/
Noun
limp
/
Adjective
shut down
//
Phrase, Verb
inhibit
x/x
Verb
throttle
/x
Noun
break in
/x
Phrase, Verb
remove
x/
Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
mess
/
Noun
draw up
//
Phrase, Verb
interplay
/xx
Noun
demur
x/
Noun
lapse
/
Noun
put a stop to
/x//
Phrase, Verb
abort
x/
Noun
diminish
x/x
Verb
stay
/
Verb
slow down
/x
Phrase, Verb
shut
/
Verb
impair
x/
Verb
stall
/
Noun
flicker
/x
Noun
retard
x/
Verb
inter
x/
Adjective
cross
/
Noun
stagger
/x
Noun
defer
x/
Verb
slow
/
Adjective
infringe
x/
Verb
dabble
/x
Verb
stammer
/x
Noun
hamper
/x
Noun
block off
//
Phrase, Verb
bring to an end
////
Phrase, Verb
leave
/
Verb
expire
x/
Verb
stumble
/x
Noun
impound
x/
Noun
burst
/
Noun
break stride
//
Phrase, Verb
give over
//x
Phrase, Verb
brake
/
Noun
put off
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
abridge
x/
Verb
wrought
/
Verb
plague
/
Noun
united
x/x
Verb
labour
/x
Noun
minute
/x
Noun
nature
/x
Noun
course
/
Noun
yet
/
Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
take five
//
Phrase, Verb
take ten
//
Phrase, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
headlines
/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
anymore
xx/
Adverb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb