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full stop, full point n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence that is not a question or exclamation, after abbreviations, etc. Also called (esp US and Canadian) period ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| This full stop had arrived and everyone perceived it, but Alexey Alexandrovitch himself was not yet aware that his career was over. At that instant a single rifle-shot was heard, away to the front, beyond the skirmish-line, followed, almost attended, by the savage hiss of an approaching bullet which passing through the line, struck audibly, punctuating as with a full stop the captain's exclamation, "What the devil does it mean? He had not proceeded far when his steed came to a full stop. |
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