Synonym: arrest, cease, check, end, quit, stop. Antonym: march. Similar words: hall, half, hallow, whale, hallway, shallow, behalf, halfway. Meaning: [hɔːlt] 
n. 1. the state of inactivity following an interruption 2. the event of something ending 3. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement. v. 1. cause to stop 2. come to a halt, stop moving 3. stop from happening or developing 4. stop the flow of a liquid. adj. disabled in the feet or legs.
n. 1. the state of inactivity following an interruption 2. the event of something ending 3. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement. v. 1. cause to stop 2. come to a halt, stop moving 3. stop from happening or developing 4. stop the flow of a liquid. adj. disabled in the feet or legs. 
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(61) The United Nations has pleaded for a halt to the bombing.
(62) The car juddered and ground to a halt right in the middle of the road.
(63) After two days the talks had ground to a halt.
(64) Her political career came to a halt in December 1988.
(65) The train began to pull out of the station-then suddenly shuddered to a halt.
(66) The economy has shuddered to a halt because of the civil war.
(67) The production lines ground to a halt for hours while technicians tried to debug software.
(68) The government must take measures, he said, to halt the country's slide into recession.
(69) They decided it was time to call a halt to the project .
(70) They made desperate attempts to halt the headlong rush into war.
(71) There was an almighty bang and the car came to a halt.
(72) The purpose was to halt the rise in the exchange rate of the Swiss franc.
(73) Halt! Who goes there?
(74) The protesters are calling for a halt to the export of live animals.
(75) The horses came to a halt, steam streaming from their nostrils.
(76) I urge those responsible to call a halt to the violence.
(77) The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.
(78) The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
(79) He came to a halt at the edge of a steep incline.
(80) Safety concerns have led them to halt work on the dam.
(81) Work came to a halt when the machine broke down.
(82) The car came to a halt bang in the middle of the road.
(83) The World Championship was brought to a temporary halt .
(84) The cop signaled traffic to halt to allow pedestrians to cross the street.
(85) The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out.
(86) The government has taken steps to halt the spread of the disease .
(87) The whole peace process seems to have ground to a halt.
(88) The President has called for a halt to the wave of emigration.
(89) The government has had to take measures to halt the population explosion.
(90) The train ground to a halt with a squeal of brakes.
More similar words: hall, half, hallow, whale, hallway, shallow, behalf, halfway, in half, hallowed, halyard, salt, challenge, salty, alter, dealt, challenged, hallelujah, nonchalant, wealth, health, fealty, exhalation, on behalf of, hallucinate, cephalopod, altogether, altered, healthy, royalty.