stopper
Meanings
Verb
1. to stop, in regard to motors and machines
2. to take (a hit, a bullet) (colloquial)
3. to stop (colloquial)
Examples15
il faut stopper cette hostilité permanente
This permanent hostility must be stopped.
Il avait stoppé un coquet gnon derrière les oreilles, mais il n’était pas mort.
He'd taken a nice, hard punch behind his ears, but he wasn't dead.
Je ne peux pas stopper Tom.
I can't stop Tom.
Je ne peux pas le stopper.
I can't stop him.
Comment le stoppons-nous ?
How do we stop it?
Comment vas-tu stopper Tom ?
How are you going to stop Tom?