THE ALARM WENT OFF at five-thirty and Robert Neville reached out a numbed arm in the morning gloom and "pushed in the stop".
Hi could you help me with the meaning of "pushed in the stop" please?

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It's the button to deactivate the alarm. It's older technology, where pushing the button in physically stopped the ringing of the mechanical device.

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"Pushed in the stop" is a bit of a strange phrase (in US English anyways), but I believe the author is saying that Robert turned the alarm off - or he pushed the "off button" or "stop button" on the alarm.

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Apretó el botón que apaga la alarma.

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That would be the stop button on his alarm clock.

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I would think it means pushed the "stop alarm" button on his electric or maybe mechanical alarm clock so as to turn off the alarm. Definitely not a cell phone alarm clock.

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