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Main Entry:	halt [hawlt] Show IPA/hɔlt/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	end, stoppage
Synonyms:	arrest, break, break-off, close, cutoff, freeze*, grinding halt, impasse, interruption, layoff, letup, pause, screaming halt, screeching halt, stand, standstill, stop, termination
Antonyms:	continuation, endurance, go, perseverence, start

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	halt
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hesitate, stutter
Synonyms:	be defective, dither, falter, hobble, limp, pause, shilly-shally, stagger, stammer, stumble, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wiggle-waggle
Antonyms:	continue, speak smoothly

Main Entry:	abort
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	stop or cancel something
Synonyms:	arrest, break off, call it quits, call off, check, cut off, drop, end, fail, halt, interrupt, knock it off, lay off, nullify, scrap, scratch, scrub, terminate
Antonyms:	continue, keep

Example Sentences

Leventhal suggested, to legal action to halt any implementation of the policy.

Take corporate computer programs away, and the economy comes to a grinding halt.

Pressing the button would halt all movement on all tracks.

Leventhal suggested, to legal action to halt any implementation of the policy.

Take corporate computer programs away, and the economy comes to a grinding halt.

Pressing the button would halt all movement on all tracks.

At that point it could be too late to halt an epidemic.

The government only acts as that third wheel that brings progress and innovation to a screeching halt.

Bloom extends from midsummer to frost if spent flowers are removed to halt seed production add to my plant list.

When p16 is found in a cell, that cell is probably reaching its replication limit and grinding to a senescent halt.

But if the hope was to halt the research in question, the efforts were wasted.

Japanese policymakers say they are powerless to halt deflation.

Every few minutes the boat grinds to a halt as the prop becomes entangled in water plants.

Eliminating these aggregates, scientists say, could potentially halt or undo the damage inflicted by these diseases.

Scientists are continuing to search for a way to treat infected bats and halt the spread of the disease.

It's not the first time that a vendor has intervened to halt a security talk discussing a vulnerability with its system.

But that opportunity will come to a crashing halt in two and a half years, when my oldest daughter heads off to college.

Turkey's membership negotiations have all but ground to a halt.

Lots of others don't-including those who sued to halt its construction.

The transfer of electrons would quickly come to a halt.

Suddenly, the lead tracker holds up a hand to halt us.

But all this activity could soon come to a grinding halt.

Some colleges, for reasons either economic or environmental, are considering a halt to their growth.

To many critics the broader environmental legacy of the tar sands is reason enough to halt the whole endeavour.

Too much moisture will create mold and too little moisture will halt the decomposition process.

Inhibitory control is the ability to halt automatic impulses and focus on the problem at hand.

But when the surveillance seemed to halt suddenly in mid-2005 after she confronted one of the agents, she thought it was all over.

But normal life, for those so affected, ground to a miserable and unnerving halt.

Ocean currents have squeezed and shattered plates of ice, and our sled comes to a halt.

It often takes military intervention to halt genocide.

In doing so, it can simultaneously cut off the supply of blood to a tumor and halt cell division.

Yet it could equally be a cause for concern: higher borrowing costs could cause the recovery to grind to a halt.

Finally large gas-filled bags will inflate to protect it as it bounces to a halt on the landing site.

The result is storms that can cool the plasma and halt fusion.

Within a mile, they spot two more and quickly pull the convoy to a halt.

The spread of democracy appears to have come to a halt.

It can halt the myriad ridiculous fees and surcharges it has dreamt up in recent years.

The basic idea is that there does, in fact, exist a force that could halt the collapse of a star when all else fails.

The country's oil refinery has come to a virtual halt because sanctions are preventing crude from coming in.

Feyzabad-driving past clusters of newish houses built in the days before eradication brought such construction to a halt.

My vehicle comes to a hasty halt as a disabled car emerges abruptly from the murk dead ahead.

But its ex-employees still bring parts of the capital to a halt with protests.

Olivera led a coalition that took to the streets in the tens of thousands to bring the city to a halt for days.

At the firs whiff, every engine on every train will grind to a collective halt until the track is returned.

In some cases, officials have been able to halt the slow-moving species' spread by catching infestations early.

Take away the under-five-dollars-a-gallon gasoline and all the cars, and the whole thing grinds to a halt.

Not surprisingly, people have been searching a long time for chemicals that might halt that tide of forgetting.

Citigroup will effectively halt dividend payments and agree to certain restrictions on executive compensation.

Wilson has proposed an immediate strategy to help halt that.

US judge throws out case meant to halt federal funding, but research remains vulnerable.

The halt came after a series of nighttime raids in recent months killed women and children.

But it has arrested industry entrepreneurs and ordered banks to halt payments to online-gambling firms.

Experimental treatment does not halt fatal complication of bone-marrow transplant.

Since then the drive for integration has ground to a halt.

Early diagnosis may enable treatment before symptoms appear-intervention that could halt the advance of the disease.

When cells run out of energy, a result is fatigue, and exercise grinds to a halt until those sources are replenished.

Spain's decade-long surge of immigrants has already come to a dramatic halt.

Embryonic stem cells may be able to halt the progress of the disease.

Discussions of almost any topic are immediately brought to a halt when one student.

But that same gravity is strong enough still at this level to halt all other particles from acheiving escape velocity.

Yesterday's attacks forced a tongue-in-cheek political group to halt its services as well.

The second step is to halt the widespread practice of retiring long before the official pension age.

The findings of the new study suggest that this strategy is not enough to halt the loss.

The immigration service faces increasing pressure to scale back or halt the diversity lottery due to national security concerns.

Manhattan's usually crawling traffic will grind to a halt as gridlock rules from dusk to.

If you could somehow halt these miniature motions while fixing your gaze, a static scene would simply fade from view.

Hamas broke a five-year halt to attacks on civilians.

The body is practically boiling itself to death-anything to halt the attack-but to no avail.

One wonders if the on-going measures to halt the explosive increase of drug users taken by the governments are bearing fruit.

Darpa is asking scientists to make a device that can automatically detect, monitor and halt deep bleeding.

Both the government and the rebels agreed to halt arms purchases under the peace accords.

Choreographed fountain shows inevitably bring traffic to a halt whenever the operatic arias start.

They could halt your service if they detect your computer sending out thousands of emails.

In vegetative patients, however, the loop screeched to a halt.

The solar wind slows down and gets weaker farther out from the sun, coming to an abrupt halt at a region called the heliopause.

Similar problems in the field of cancer-killing viruses could halt research.

The bridge's construction comes to a violent halt when two maneless.

But there is much work to be done before entomologists can halt the deadly mosquitoes.

Main Entry:	arrest
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	slowing or stopping
Synonyms:	blockage, cessation, check, checking, delay, end, halt, hindrance, inhibition, interruption, obstruction, prevention, restraining, restraint, stalling, stay, staying, stoppage, suppression, suspension
Antonyms:	activation, encouragement, letting go, release

Main Entry:	arrest
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	stop or slow
Synonyms:	block, can, check, delay, drop, end, freeze, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interrupt, knock off, obstruct, prevent, restrain, restrict, retard, scrub, shut down, stall, stay, suppress
Antonyms:	activate, encourage, let go, release

Main Entry:	avert
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	thwart; avoid by turning away
Synonyms:	avoid, deflect, deter, divert, fend off, foil, forestall, frustrate, halt, look away, preclude, prevent, rule out, shove aside, shunt, stave off, turn, turn aside, turn away, ward off
Notes:	avert means 'prevent, turn away' and avoid means 'stay clear of, shun' overt means apparent or open to view or plain or public; avert means to prevent or turn away
Antonyms:	aid, help

Main Entry:	ban
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	officially forbid
Synonyms:	banish, bar, blackball, close down, close up, curse, declare illegal, disallow, enjoin, exclude, halt, ice out, illegalize, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, restrict, shut out, suppress
Antonyms:	allow, permit

Main Entry:	block
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	obstruct
Synonyms:	arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stop up, stopper, stymie, tackle, take out of play, thwart
Antonyms:	let go, let up, open, unblock

Main Entry:	bog down
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	stick; become stuck
Synonyms:	decelerate, delay, detain, halt, hang up, impede, retard, set back, sink, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall

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