showstopper

IPA: ʃˈoʊstˈɑpɝ

A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.
Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
(computing) A software bug that must be fixed before any further development is possible.

show stopper

IPA: ʃˈoʊstɑpɝ

Alternative spelling of showstopper [A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.]

IPA: ʃˈoʊstˈɑpɝ

Alternative spelling of showstopper [A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.]

I do not consider it a showstopper.
But I don't think it's a showstopper.
That alone is an absolute showstopper.
That's an absolute showstopper for FA.
The showstopper is Heath Ledger as The Joker.
The biggest showstopper for me are the references.
Note that I don't consider the lack of a soul a showstopper.
The only known showstopper for the space elevator is the cable.
That should be considered a showstopper for bringing this back to FAC.
The home run also won Morris an ESPY award for Showstopper of the year.
Yet the showstopper is the most eccentric look: Mona Bismarck 's aqua green Balenciaga gown with sleeves of blooming pink petals from 1968.
Much like the original, the showstopper is the group zombie dance segment, but I gotta say, damn if a bunch of plastic bricks don’t make for a better actress than Ola Ray, too.
But the showstopper is the 1,450-square-foot Robert Louis Stevenson Suite, with its front-to-back picture windows on three sides -- the joint has helicopter views from the bathtub.
Kevin Rudd is offering premiers an extra $1.2 billion to win support for his health plan but it remains contingent on a potential "showstopper" - handing over 30 per cent of their GST.

It is an extra expense, but it is not a show-stopper.
BUT the email-address giveaway is a show-stopper for me.
But the show-stopper was the awards night gala held last night at the UN.
Australia found a way to stop them. 2007 was the real show-stopper for me.
His "I'm Going To Die" number almost outshines the show-stopper "Geography Song."
Sunrise this morning was a show-stopper, or would have been had there been a show.
Then it's topped by an even better show-stopper when Terri White leads the whole gang in the sensational "Who's That Woman."