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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(181) Job fears and the mortgage debt trap are failing to halt the housing slump.
(182) Sewers and wells might halt the disease, but cost much more.
(183) Already, Harrington has ordered a halt to spending for new equipment.
(184) He promised not to halt the talks, but rather to cut a better deal.
(185) A police car emerged from the other alleyway and screeched to a halt ten yards in front of Whitlock, blocking his shot.
(186) As we taxied to a halt on the coastal grassy runway, we disturbed parties of curlew, sandpipers and grey plover.
(187) Despite suffering from Motor Neurone disease, he's compiled valuable information to help conserve the forest and halt it's destruction.
(188) The measures are designed to halt the sharp decline in shark populations caused by overfishing in recent years.
(189) He braked hard to a halt outside the Co-op in Newtown, just as Billy and Mary turned the comer.
(190) He must have drifted off again, for when he awoke, the train had come to a halt.
(191) Mere nuclear bombs would do little to halt life in general, and might, in fact,(www.Sentencedict.com) increase the nonhuman versions.
(192) Inside, the tiny creature skidded to a halt on the marble floor, terrified by the sudden din of the gathering.
(193) The man opposite me yanks the communication cord, and we lurch to a halt.
(194) We will halt the commercial market which is creating a two-tier health service.
(195) It finally came to a halt battered against the wall, leaving a shower of debris on the track.
(196) Police stood at highways and railroad stations to halt the exodus of thousands of city dwellers.
(197) Occasionally he slowed to a near halt,(sentencedict.com) provoking Eng to push him to keep choreographing and to perform adequately.
(198) And with an east wind behind them they could not abruptly halt.
(199) When he went to a doctor, he was diagnosed with leukemia, and everything came to a screeching halt.
(200) The recession brought an abrupt halt to this happiness.
(201) The train pulled to a halt at the platform.
(202) Sofia and Alex came to a halt and both tried to regain their breath.
(203) Some countries where English is becoming a strong competitor to French, such as Algeria and Senegal, may see an immediate halt to the council's work.
(204) The colonel ordered "Halt!".
(205) Operating systems can be brought to a halt by a Trojan Horse.
(206) We had no alternative but halt [ suspend ] the project at the time.
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.