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stops (up)

verb , present tense third-person singular of stop (up)

Synonyms and Antonyms of stops (up)

to prevent passage through by filling with something

clear the leaves out of the rain gutters so they don't stop up the downspouts again

Synonyms of stops (up)

blocks, chokes, clogs, clots, congests, dams, gums (up), jams, obstructs, occludes, plugs (up), stuffs

Words Related to stops (up)

bungs, corks, spiles, stoppers, stopples

fills, gridlocks, packs

floods, gluts, inundates, overwhelms, swamps

Near Antonyms of stops (up)

excavates, hollows (out), scoops (out)

empties, lightens

Antonyms of stops (up)

clears, frees, opens (up), unblocks, unclogs, unplugs, unstops

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