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Suppose someone is about to do/say something dangerous/inappropriate. And I
want to stop them _immediately_. In English and Spanish I say "no!" to them.
It is _an order to stop_ , short form of "don't do it/that". How can I do that
in Japanese?

I do not think you can say いいえ in this case.

To stop a child from doing something, some book says to say だめ！. But I find it
lacking, meaning "it is wrong/problematic to do that" and leaving the
connection to "(so don't do it)" to the listener. I want a short direct,
clear, unambiguous order. :-)

とまれ！[止まれ?] sounds to me more related to movement, less general. Also, だめ！ and
"no!" are simpler for a child (to understand/process, and for me to think and
say).

Would the answer depend on context or listener
(adult/toddler/student/teammate)?
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How do you say "no!" (to stop someone)?
When I lived in Japan, I heard parents use some of the following:

Like you suggested, `だめ！` was among the first. Sometimes followed by `危ないから！`
or `危ないよ！`

I also heard `やめて！` pretty often.

I guess none of those really carry the "What you are doing is wrong" nuance,
but neither does "NO STOP!" in English. If you have to express the idea that a
child should not do something, I would suggest `それをやってはいけないよ` or maybe
`やっちゃダメだよ` or something similar.
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there are a lot of situations.

・to stop speak: (to child):

```

      (to stop loud)静かにしなさい。うるさい。お口はチャック。
      (to stop inappropriate saying)黙りなさい。そんなことを言ってはいけません。
      (both)やめなさい。めっ。こらっ。だめでしょう。しーっ。
    
```

(to students):

```

      (to stop loud)静かにしなさい。私語は慎みなさい。静粛に。    
      (to stop inappropriate saying)黙りなさい。
      (both)口を閉じなさい。
    
```

(to friends):

(to stop loud)静かにして。うるさいよ。黙ろう。

(to stop inappropriate saying)言いすぎだよ。これ以上はだめ。

(both)やめろ。しーっ。

(to adults (politeway)):

```

      (to stop loud)静かにしていただけませんか。静粛にお願いします。私語はお控えください。
      (to stop inappropriate saying)おやめください。冷静になってください。
      (both)---I never heard...---
    
```

・to stop dangerous things:

```

      (to child):危ない！だめっ！やめなさい！こらっ！何やってるの！こっちに来なさい！めっ！
      (to students):危ない！やめなさい！こらっ！何やってるの！
      (to friends):危ない！やめろ！何やってんだ！
      (to adults (polite))おやめください！危険です！何をしていらっしゃるのですか！？
    
```

We dont use お黙りください for polite way. because "お黙り" include the strong order.
sometimes in the anime/movie, the princess use "お黙りなさい" to lower class person.
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