Meaning: To cause (an action, process, or event) to come to an end.
Video contributed by Antines Davis, June 2020. The original video was replaced by the new one in memory of the Black Lives Matter movement, when a protest participant requested for a few ASL words including this one to use in the silent demonstration.
If signing plural 'stop' glossed as STOP+ (two movements), STOP++ (three movements) is used when in context of yelling, stressing, commanding, or
First 100 words.
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