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halt
noun as in end, stoppage
verb as in stop, cause to stop
Strongest matches
verb as in hesitate, stutter
Example Sentences
Drone sightings also caused air traffic to be halted twice late on Tuesday after drones were spotted near the same airport in Brussels, as well as at another in Liege.
It was a tough letter, demanding an immediate halt to all work at the Cuban missile sites.
There was a terrible gnashing noise, and then each of the propellers ground to a halt.
Instead, the U.S. is halting the first serious effort in four decades to rebuild America’s shipbuilding capacity, and a way to hold China accountable for its industrial predation.
“Staffing triggers,” indicating a shortage of controllers, have been driving some flight cancellations and delays in recent days, in addition to the more usual halts triggered by bad weather or construction at U.S. airports.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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