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screeching halt

NOUN
full stop
Synonyms
WEAK
dead stop decimal point dot full point period point
NOUN
halt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cutoff freeze interruption layoff letup pause postponement standstill termination
STRONG
arrest break close impasse stand stop
WEAK
breakoff grinding halt screaming halt
Antonyms
STRONGEST
continuation
STRONG
beginning start
WEAK
endurance go perseverance
NOUN
stop
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bar block break conclusion pause
STRONG
barricade blockade cease cessation check close closing control cutoff discontinuation ending fence finish freeze hindrance layoff letup lull plug roadblock standstill stay stoppage termination wall
WEAK
blank wall breakoff brick wall desistance grinding halt
Antonyms
STRONGEST
continuation
STRONG
advance aid assistance beginning commencement go help initiation introduction opening start

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The pandemic brought Airbnb’s growth to a screeching halt in early 2020 and caused $1 billion in cancellations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

This kind of mad attraction, attention and abandon comes to a screeching halt when one of the parties changes their mind and starts to pull away.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025

Agency for International Development to a screeching halt this week.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

They will be doing it at the place where Hamilton's success with Mercedes came to a screeching halt amid the controversy of the title-deciding race in 2021.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

But then the girl in the pink dress fainted, and the twirling lesson came to a screeching halt.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo