Usually means: Halt movement using emergency procedures.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. estop: Merriam-Webster
  2. estop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. estop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. estop: Collins English Dictionary
  5. estop: Wordnik
  6. estop: Wiktionary
  7. estop: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. estop: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. estop: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. estop: Dictionary.com
  11. estop: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Estop: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. estop: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Estop: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. estop: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. estop: FreeDictionary.org
  17. estop: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. estop: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. estop: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. estop: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. estop: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. estop: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (estop)

▸ verb:  (law) To impede or bar by estoppel.
▸ verb:  To stop up, to plug

Similar:
astrict, conclude, stall, forstop, Debar, instop, embar, stand in the way, stanch, forestall, more...

Opposite:
allow, permit, let

Types:
estoppel, res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue estoppel, more...

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Similar:
astrict, conclude, stall, forstop, Debar, instop, embar, stand in the way, stanch, forestall, more...

Opposite:
allow, permit, let

Types:
estoppel, res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue estoppel, more...

Colors:
    red,     yellow,     orange,     crimson,     scarlet, more...



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