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stoppages

[stop-ij]

noun

1.

an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.

2.

the state of being stopped: During the stoppage of bus service he drove to work.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see stop, -age

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