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Discover LudwigThe word "show-stopper" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to something remarkable or extraordinary, especially something that causes a situation to become immediately or temporarily unresolved. For example: "The sudden rainstorm was a real show-stopper and caused the outdoor concert to be cancelled."
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show-stopper
noun
Alternative spelling of showstopper
synonyms
Exact(43)
"I'm a bub" was the show-stopper.
It was a real show-stopper".
"What a show-stopper!" Mr. Toscano said.
Mandy's promise Budget show-stopper Green on green Can't?
Blood-red sprekelia is just as easy to grow as hippeastrum, and is a show-stopper.
I've been dreaming about visiting for years but the airfare has always been a show-stopper.
Similar(15)
The show stopper is "Leucantha" (1988-93).
"It's not a show stopper," he insisted.
A Palestine free of Jews is a show stopper.
Joe Girardi called Teixeira's impersonation "priceless," while Russell Martin described it as the show stopper.
This year, Fuller has a show stopper, "Maine's most majestic whitetail, the Silver Ridge Buck".
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