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screeching halt

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The progress Whitmire and the committee was making came to a screeching halt when George W. Bush became governor in 1995.

When people and goods can't move because of a degraded transportation infrastructure, business comes to a screeching halt.

But it all came to a screeching halt with the crash of 2008.

Hearing Halted: The “Outrageous” Incident A punch, a jump and a pile of shaving cream brought the testimony to a screeching halt.

She would come in pretty fast, and come to a screeching halt in the driveway and that was always kind of a joke.

Jed fired all twenty rounds into the exact same hole and the range firing came to a screeching halt.

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On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to screeching halt, such as: dead stop, decimal point, dot, full point, period, and point.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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