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STOP DEAD
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stop moving or become immobilized
Example:
When he saw the police car he froze
Synonyms:
freeze; stop dead
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "stop dead" is one way to...):
stand still (remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stop dead"):
fixate; settle on (become fixed (on))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s