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.
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(121) Clinton is the first president to challenge tobacco companies to halt cigarette sales to teen-agers, Lewis added.
(122) It is designed to halt vote-buying and corruption, attract better people to government and strengthen protection of human and civil rights.
(123) The two vans come to a halt in their standard configuration.
(124) As all the alarming possibilities ran through her head, she gave a loud gulp and came to an abrupt halt.
(125) Its key element was a relaxation of the past two years' tight monetary controls in an effort to halt recession.
(126) Father Peter, advancing on long dignified legs, came to a halt midway down the street.
(127) It burst out of the tunnel in a gale of hot air and shuddered to a halt.
(128) Wide roads lead to a new bridge crossing the water and traffic can proceed at a fast pace without a halt.
(129) The fresh disclosures will increase the already considerable pressure on the university to halt the sale plan.
(130) His death in a 1956 car crash brought his career to an abrupt halt when he was just 26.
(131) The chase came to an abrupt halt when nine Mexicali police cars stopped the Jetta and its occupants.
(132) In mid-sentence, they halt, then bend or crouch down and bury their noses in the clusters of blossoms.
(133) Notice that the bell and not the referee calling a halt is the deciding factor here.
(134) Nutty arrived on time, thudding out of the dusk and pulling to an abrupt halt.
(135) Her footsteps came almost to a halt, then she breathed in deeply and her shoulders rose in resolution.
(136) We were almost the only ones to disembark at the small halt at Canvey Island.
(137) But she suffered a setback when a bout of glandular fever looked like bringing her season to an abrupt halt.
(138) Police set up barricades to halt the marchers, who began burning cars.
(139) The saucer drops between the towers, flies low over strangely deserted streets and comes suddenly to a grinding halt.
(140) Unemployment insurance operations have ceased in Kansas, and may soon halt in 10 other states and the District of Columbia.
(141) She heard a large vehicle draw to a halt behind her on the main road.
(142) In attempting to halt the worst offences of multinationals, many proposed alternatives have focused on the protection of basic rights.
(143) Ana just drifted to a halt, turning without demur as Maggie moved her to face the house.
(144) Powerless to command a halt to the action, Gleysteen and Wickham drafted a statement in the name of the U.
(145) But even if that could be achieved, it would not halt climate change.
(145) Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
(146) But I believe it is better to call a halt now at a point when the option to renew contracts has arisen.
(147) On the Monday before her wedding-day, Diana gave serious consideration to calling a halt to the whole affair.
(148) The result: a temporary reduction of flies, but no halt in the polio epidemic.
(149) The taxi drew to a halt where a purple awning reached out to the edge of the pavement.
(150) Tories fail to halt pedestrian plan A last-ditch attempt to delay the introduction of pedestrianisation in Darlington town centre was defeated.
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.