n. 25B6; noun
the stoppage of production : DISCONTINUATION, stopping, halting, cessation, termination, end, finish; interruption, suspension, breaking off.
a stoppage of the blood supply : OBSTRUCTION, blocking, blockage, block; Medicine occlusion, stasis.
a stoppage over pay : STRIKE, walkout; industrial action.
(Brit.) she was paid £3.40 an hour before stoppages : DEDUCTION, subtraction.
start, continuation.