stoppage
[noun]
Synonyms: stopping, arrest, close, closure, cutoff, halt, hindrance, shutdown, standstill

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English Thesaurus: strike, industrial action, stoppage, go-slo

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

stop‧page /ˈstɒpɪdʒ $ ˈstɑːp-/ noun
[Word Family: noun: stop, stoppage, stopper; verb: stop, stopper; adverb: non-stop; adjective: non-stop]

1. [countable] a situation in which workers stop working for a short time as a protest:
time lost in disputes and stoppages
a work stoppage by government employees

2. [uncountable and countable] especially British English when something stops moving or happening:
We had five minutes of stoppage time (=extra time played in a sports match because of pauses) at the end of the first half.

3. [countable] something that blocks a tube or container:
an intestinal stoppage

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

stoppage
noun
ADJ. complete | work
VERB + STOPPAGE call The stoppage was called to protest against wage cuts.
threaten | be involved in | end
PREP. during a/the ~

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

strike [countable] a period of time when a group of workers stop working because of a disagreement about pay, working conditions etc:
A teachers’ strike has been announced for next week.
The rail strike has resulted in major delays on roads across the country.
industrial action [uncountable] British English activities such as strikes, or doing less work than usual, as a way of trying to persuade an employer to improve pay, conditions etc:
Lecturers voted to take industrial action over their workload.
Prison officers have threatened industrial action.
stoppage [countable] British English, work stoppage American English a short strike, especially one that lasts for one day:
Customs officers will return to work today after a twenty-four hour stoppage.
go-slow [countable] British English a period of time when a group of workers deliberately work more slowly than usual as a way of protesting about pay, conditions etc:
The hospital go-slow comes into effect tomorrow.
The union carried out strikes and go-slows in support of a wage claim.

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