halt

halt
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noun
ADJECTIVE
abrupt, sudden

The bus came to an abrupt halt outside the school.

crashing, grinding, screeching, shuddering

The strike brought the capital city to a grinding halt.

The plan suddenly came to a screeching halt.

complete, dead
immediate
temporary
virtual
VERB + HALT
come to, draw to, grind to, lurch to, screech to, shudder to, skid to, slide to

The economy seems to be grinding to a halt.

The car skidded to a halt just inches from the river.

bring sth to, put

Production was brought to a temporary halt when power supplies failed.

enough jobs to put a halt to emigration

call

Scientists have decided to call a halt to the tests.

call for, demand
order

They have ordered a halt to local elections.

PREPOSITION
halt in

a halt in nuclear testing

halt to

The protesters are calling for a halt to the export of live animals.

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verb
ADVERB
virtually
effectively

The strike effectively halted production at the factory.

abruptly, immediately, suddenly

All these ideas for expansion were abruptly halted by the outbreak of war.

briefly, temporarily
finally
VERB + HALT
attempt to, try to
threaten to
fail to

We are failing to halt the destruction of the rainforest.

PHRASES
halt in your tracks

A sudden shout made them halt in their tracks and look around.

halt sth in its tracks

The project has been halted in its tracks by this intervention.

Halt is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑footstep, ↑train
Halt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑advance, ↑bloodshed, ↑decline, ↑development, ↑execution, ↑expansion, ↑fighting, ↑flow, ↑import, ↑march, ↑movement, ↑practice, ↑proceedings, ↑production, ↑progress, ↑progression, ↑sale, ↑shipment, ↑slide, ↑spiral, ↑spread, ↑trend, ↑trial, ↑work

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  • halt — halt …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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  • halt — interj. Stai! opreşte! – cuv. germ. Trimis de gall, 07.05.2008. Sursa: DEX 98  HALT interj. v. ajunge, atât, basta, destul, gata, isprăveşte, încetează, punct, sfârşeşte, stai, stop, termină. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  halt …   Dicționar Român

  • halt — halt1 [hôlt] n. [orig. in phr. to make halt, transl. of Ger halt machen < imper. of halten (see HOLD1) + machen, MAKE2] 1. a stop, esp. a temporary one, as in marching; pause or discontinuance 2. a command to stop vi., vt. to come or br …   English World dictionary

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  • halt — halt·ing·ness; spring·halt; string·halt; string·halt·ed; halt; halt·ing·ly; string·halt·ed·ness; …   English syllables

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  • Halt — (h[add]lt), n. [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See {Hold}.] A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. [1913 Webster] Without any halt they marched. Clarendon. [1913 Webster] [Lovers] soon in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Halt — est une commande Unix standard permettant d éteindre le système depuis lequel elle est lancée. Elle fonctionne en fait en appelant la commande shutdown avec les arguments appropriés. L utilisation de la commande halt nécessite les droits d… …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Halt — Halt, a. [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.] Halting or stopping in walking; lame. [1913 Webster] Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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