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come to a halt
verb as in cease
verb as in pull up
Example Sentences
There is a strong possibility that things will come to a halt as Khama’s co-accused are no longer facing the charges.
After five minutes, the riders come to a halt.
In “The Last Murder at the End of the World,” Turton crafts a compelling whodunit within a dystopian, post-apocalyptic backdrop as Emory, a resident of a small, secluded island that holds the remainder of the world’s population, is driven to unravel the suspicious death of teacher, Niema, or face the fatal consequences: the defenses that keep a lethal black fog at bay will come to a halt.
When the shot widens, we see that traffic traveling in the other direction on the eight-lane road has come to a halt, and people have gotten out of their cars.
The U.S. military anchored a temporary pier on Gaza’s coast on Thursday, creating a point of entry for humanitarian aid for the enclave, where the flow of supplies through land borders has largely come to a halt since Israel began its incursion into Rafah last week.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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