halt1 nounhalt2 verb
halthalt1 /hɔːlt $ hɒːlt/ ●○○ noun 
WORD ORIGINhalt1
Origin:
1500-1600 GermanEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Ana just drifted to a halt, turning without demur as Maggie moved her to face the house.
- Businessmen, who had generally welcomed the initial actions of the administration, now called for a halt.
- Compare the problems in Glen Nevis where in summer traffic all but grinds to a halt, to see the possible outcome.
- He staggered to a halt, peering at the houses.
- He was run over by at least twelve wagons before the train was brought to an halt.
- It burst out of the tunnel in a gale of hot air and shuddered to a halt.
- It went on too long, until its recent shuddering halt.
- The train has again come to a halt.
Longman Language Activatorto stop something bad or illegal that people are doing
· We must take action to stop this illegal trade in ivory.· All the staff are determined to stop bullying in the school.stop somebody from doing something · The new measures are intended to stop troublemakers from travelling abroad to football matches.
to stop an activity, especially one that you consider to be harmful or unacceptable: · Using children in this way is pure exploitation, and it's time we put a stop to it!· She knew that if she didn't put a stop to their squabbling now, it could go on for weeks.
to completely stop an illegal or harmful activity: · The police have introduced new measures to help stamp out violence on the city's streets.· We are determined to stamp out prostitution in this neighborhood.
to take severe action to stop an illegal activity: · The authorities are determined to crack down on terrorism.· Teachers must crack down on bullying as soon as they become aware of it.· Only by cracking down on dealers, can we stop young people getting involved with drugs.
to officially order that an activity should be stopped, especially after it has continued for a long time: · The government has called a halt to the exporting of live animals.· Companies must call a halt to the dumping of toxic waste at sea.
if someone in authority clamps down on an activity or group of people, they take firm action to stop something that is illegal or against the rules: · The new, tougher laws are intended clamp down on the carrying of knives and other weapons.· If we don't clamp down on these troublemakers now, the situation could get out of control.
to prevent something harmful from increasing and start to control and reduce it: · The only way to curb the spread of the disease is by immunizing the entire population.· The government is introducing new measures aimed at curbing inflation.
to stop walking, running etc · I was exhausted, and had to stop and rest.· Stop! Wait a minute!· I saw Maria and stopped to say hello.· We stopped at the next village to get supplies.
to slow down and stop: · The group of tourists came to a halt outside the museum.· He walked back across the restaurant and came to a halt beside our table.
to suddenly stop, especially because something has surprised or frightened you or you suddenly notice it: · Katie stopped dead and stared at him.· Francesca stopped dead in her tracks. "What did you just say?'' she demanded.
to stop moving very suddenly and stay completely still and quiet: · I froze, and listened. Someone was in my apartment.· Captain O'Leary raised his gun and shouted "Freeze!''
when a vehicle stops moving if a vehicle or its driver stops , the vehicle stops moving: · Could you stop just here on the left?· We'd better stop at the next gas station.· A yellow car stopped outside the house.
if a car or its driver pulls up , the car comes closer to something or someone and stops: pull up at/outside/next to etc: · We pulled up at a small cafe just outside Bordeaux.· A blue van pulled up behind us.
if a car or its driver pulls in , the driver stops the car at the side of the road or in a parking space: · I rounded the corner, looking for a place to pull in.· Jeff parked in front of the house and I pulled in beside him.
if a car or its driver pulls over , the driver drives to the side of the road and stops: · A policeman was standing by the side of the road, signalling to me to pull over.· I pulled over and looked at the map.· The truck pulled over and a man got out.
especially written to gradually get slower and then stop: · The taxi came to a stop outside the hotel.· The bus slowed down and came to a halt at some traffic lights.come to a sudden/abrupt halt/stop: · As Jamie spoke, the train came to an abrupt halt, nearly throwing us all on the floor.
especially written to gradually get slower and then stop completely - use this about traffic or about a vehicle: · The train came to a standstill about a mile outside Abbeville and didn't move for 20 minutes.· Traffic in the city ground to a halt as the streets filled with angry demonstrators.
if a vehicle or its driver brakes , the driver makes it slow down or stop by using the brakes: · I saw a roadblock ahead, and braked.brake hard/sharply: · A bus came round the corner and braked sharply.
to make a car, bus etc stop very suddenly by pressing very hard on the brakes: · I slammed on the brakes, skidding to a stop.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
The bus came to an abrupt halt. She was desperate to halt the march of time upon her face and figure. The bus pulled to a halt. The car screeched to a halt. The train shuddered to a halt.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
(=make something or someone stop moving)· Paris was brought to a halt by striking transport workers.
(=something or someone stops moving)· In front of them, the truck gradually slowed down and came to a halt.
(=something stops very slowly – used for emphasis)· Just ahead, he could see traffic grinding to a halt.
(=a vehicle stops very quickly and noisily – used for emphasis)· The car skidded to a halt and three men jumped out.
(=a vehicle slows down and stops)· As the train drew to a halt, people started to get off.
(=publicly ask for something to stop)· The government has called for a halt to the violence.
(=officially say that something must stop)· Judge Marquez ordered a halt to logging on Indian lands.
(=firmly ask for something to stop)· Irish farmers demanded a halt to imports of British cattle.
(=stop something suddenly)· The news put a halt to our celebrations.
adjectives (=one that is sudden and unexpected)· His career came to an abrupt halt when he was seriously injured in a road accident.
· My happiness was brought to a sudden halt by the death of my father.
(=one that is sooner than expected)· Bad weather brought the game to a premature halt.
· The game was brought to a temporary halt when the floodlights failed.
· The government called for an immediate halt to the fighting.
· Wendy had slowed down, almost to a complete halt.
(=one that happens slowly – used for emphasis)· One accident can bring the whole road system to a grinding halt.
(=one in which a vehicle shakes noisily as it stops moving)· He slammed his foot on the brake pedal, bringing the truck to a shuddering halt.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The bus came to an abrupt halt. (=especially something bad)· It is our responsibility to discuss how this conflict can be brought to an end.
(=stop it from continuing)· These measures are intended to halt the decline in fish populations.
She was desperate to halt the march of time upon her face and figure. The bus pulled to a halt. The car screeched to a halt. The train shuddered to a halt.· We come to an abrupt halt.· The chase came to an abrupt halt when nine Mexicali police cars stopped the Jetta and its occupants.· She rushed after him, almost bumping into him as he came to an abrupt halt in the kitchen doorway.· His death in a 1956 car crash brought his career to an abrupt halt when he was just 26.· Nutty arrived on time, thudding out of the dusk and pulling to an abrupt halt.· As all the alarming possibilities ran through her head, she gave a loud gulp and came to an abrupt halt.· But she suffered a setback when a bout of glandular fever looked like bringing her season to an abrupt halt.
· At all events the pursuit came to a sudden halt and Henry was able to make good his escape in peace.· The Glory shuddered to a sudden halt on the grassy slope in front of the Monument and they were thrown forward against their seat-belts.· As he reached Bert Shorrocks's place Charlie came to a sudden halt.· They either wobble around on their bikes or screech to a sudden halt.· The taxi swerved out of the Champs Elysées, down the Avenue George-V and came to a sudden halt on the corner.· He came to such a sudden halt that the pedestrian behind only just stopped himself bumping into Adam.· Then it came to a sudden halt and reversed back towards me with a high-pitched whine.
· In August 1870 Nietzsche's work was brought to a temporary halt by the Franco-Prussian war, which had begun in July.· Vardon's success in 1903 put a temporary halt to his triumphs.· The outbreak of war in 1939 brought these pursuits to a temporary halt.
VERB· He was run over by at least twelve wagons before the train was brought to an halt.· Drink helped slow it down, but too often brought it to a halt.· But should this bring a halt to lateral thinking?· So the double-decker's journey was brought to a halt at Holborn Circus.· A tug on it sounds a buzzer in the driver's cab and brings him to a halt.· Newfoundland had lost 40,000 jobs and an entire industry was brought to a halt.· The Grand National had been brought to a halt.· In August 1870 Nietzsche's work was brought to a temporary halt by the Franco-Prussian war, which had begun in July.
· Surely it is time to call a halt to all vehicles on the pavement.· Here General McDowell called a halt.· Stubbornness was an early characteristic, as was the way he would call a halt to any admonishment laid down by Mud.· Objectives of this kind threaten to impoverish the nation and will cause the electorate to call a halt.· But I believe it is better to call a halt now at a point when the option to renew contracts has arisen.· She wanted desperately to call a halt to it, to stamp it out for ever.· With one part of her bemused and disorientated mind she knew that she must call a halt - right now!· Notice that the bell and not the referee calling a halt is the deciding factor here.
· We smashed through it and came to a halt, a tangle of wire wrapped around the hood.· In the absence of sunlight, solar heating of the surface comes to a halt.· At all events the pursuit came to a sudden halt and Henry was able to make good his escape in peace.· But once adaptation to the new conditions had been achieved, Darwin assumed that evolution would come to a halt.· Sighing, he came to a halt and leaned back against the hedge they were passing.· But this fantastic procedure may soon come to a halt.
· The taxi drew to a halt where a purple awning reached out to the edge of the pavement.· The coach drew to a jerky halt near the curbside.· The convoy drew to a halt in front of the hotel.· The coach had drawn to a halt outside the Theater an der Wien.· She stood there while it drew to a halt.· The car drew to a halt alongside the front door, and an instant later the driver's door swung open.· She turned as the car drew to a halt.
· Treasury yield drops However, the rally in U. S. Treasuries ground to a halt.· It seemed as though things had ground to a halt in there.· When the Meuse river flooded in 1995, the factory ground to a halt.· The tiny pens, scrawling in palsied traces on endless white ribbons of paper, slowly ground to a halt.· Instead of finding sudden problems you might find that progress slowly grinds to a halt.· He is extremely serious, speaks slowly-almost grinding to a complete halt at times-and is not exactly the happy optimist.· The incident occurred on lap 50, by which time Mansell had already ground to a halt with no gears.· Business ground to a halt throughout much of the Northeast, South and Midwest.
· Nutty arrived on time, thudding out of the dusk and pulling to an abrupt halt.· The bus arrived, pulling to a halt in a swirl of dust and exhaust.
· A police car emerged from the other alleyway and screeched to a halt ten yards in front of Whitlock, blocking his shot.· When he went to a doctor, he was diagnosed with leukemia, and everything came to a screeching halt.· Ron had pounced from his car, screeching to a halt ten yards ahead of them.· All of which comes to a screeching halt when Capt.· Not ten minutes had elapsed when the first van arrived and not eleven when the second screeched to a halt.· He was on his second initiation raid when Geronimo was captured and it all came to a screeching halt.· She was walking with a friend, when she heard a car screech to a halt behind her.· The driver slammed on the brakes; the Jeep screeched to a halt.
· It burst out of the tunnel in a gale of hot air and shuddered to a halt.· Two blue carriages shudder to a halt beside me, and the train doors open.
· It skidded to a halt immediately and rapidly looked away, avoiding the man's gaze.· It skidded to a halt just inside the edge.· He dragged her into the living-room and flung her across it to skid to a halt.
· The limousine was finally slowing to a halt and they scrambled for their shoes.· Occasionally he slowed to a near halt, provoking Eng to push him to keep choreographing and to perform adequately.· An up local slows to a halt at the signals on the edge of the woods.· We slowed almost to a halt.· Very soon he slowed to a halt, and then moved back, with exaggerated dignity, to join his companions.· While he was still undecided as to what to do a bus appeared round the corner and slowed to a halt near by.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[singular] a stop or pause: - Here General McDowell called a halt.
- Objectives of this kind threaten to impoverish the nation and will cause the electorate to call a halt.
- On the Monday before her wedding-day, Diana gave serious consideration to calling a halt to the whole affair.
- Small wonder many women call a halt.
- Surely it is time to call a halt to all vehicles on the pavement.
- The charade at the White House today about calling a halt to politics is transparently hypocritical.
- They ought to see that and just call a halt.
- When she got the blade of the shove between her teeth and began to worry it I called a halt.
- Almost at once there was a slight crunch of gravel under wheels as a vehicle came to a halt.
- An unshaven old man in a stained jacket comes to a stop beside us.
- As it came to a stop, it widened the frenzied cluster of moths surrounding the yellow platform light over his head.
- He rose and led them both down the stone steps, coming to a halt at the entrance to the vestry door.
- The elevator rose smoothly, then came to a stop.
- The score indicates how far the ball bounces forward before it comes to a halt.
- The train lurches into movement, then, quickly, comes to a halt.
- She heard a large vehicle draw to a halt behind her on the main road.
- She stood there while it drew to a halt.
- She turned as the car drew to a halt.
- The car drew to a halt alongside the front door, and an instant later the driver's door swung open.
- The coach had drawn to a halt outside the Theater an der Wien.
- The convoy drew to a halt in front of the hotel.
- The taxi drew to a halt where a purple awning reached out to the edge of the pavement.
- Production ground to a halt at five of the factories.
- Traffic ground to a halt as we got closer to the accident.
- Business ground to a halt throughout much of the Northeast, South and Midwest.
- But low hydrogen yields and poisoned catalysts soon had these systems grinding to a halt.
- Compare the problems in Glen Nevis where in summer traffic all but grinds to a halt, to see the possible outcome.
- It seemed as though things had ground to a halt in there.
- Offices, factories, industry, communications, transport ... all of it grinding to a halt.
- The co-op went bankrupt during the Great Depression, said Gross, and maintenance slowly ground to a halt.
- The tiny pens, scrawling in palsied traces on endless white ribbons of paper, slowly ground to a halt.
- Treasury yield drops However, the rally in U. S. Treasuries ground to a halt.
- A dreadful thought struck Jean, and she stopped in her tracks, right in the middle of the pavement.
- An hour later they were halted in their tracks by a cataract not marked on the map.
- Blue speaks her name, in a voice that seems strange to him, and she stops dead in her tracks.
- I stopped dead in my tracks, unsure of what to do next.
- It had been stopped in its tracks by the Railway Inspectorate and a public outcry.
- People stop in their tracks and stare.
- Petey stopped dead in his tracks at the question.
- The people had stopped in their tracks, women were making their children stand behind them.
Heavy snowfalls brought traffic to a halt (=made it stop moving). The World Championship was brought to a temporary halt (=was stopped from continuing).come/grind/screech etc to a halt (=stop moving or continuing) The whole peace process seems to have ground to a halt. The car skidded to a halt. The president has called for a halt to the wave of emigration.2call a halt (to something) to stop an activity from continuing: I urge those responsible to call a halt to the violence.3[countable] British English a place in the countryside where a train stops to let passengers get off, but where there is no stationCOLLOCATIONSverbsbring something to a halt (=make something or someone stop moving)· Paris was brought to a halt by striking transport workers.something/somebody comes to a halt (=something or someone stops moving)· In front of them, the truck gradually slowed down and came to a halt.something grinds to a halt (=something stops very slowly – used for emphasis)· Just ahead, he could see traffic grinding to a halt.something screeches/shudders/skids/jolts to a halt (=a vehicle stops very quickly and noisily – used for emphasis)· The car skidded to a halt and three men jumped out.something draws to a halt (=a vehicle slows down and stops)· As the train drew to a halt, people started to get off.call for a halt to something (=publicly ask for something to stop)· The government has called for a halt to the violence.order a halt to something (=officially say that something must stop)· Judge Marquez ordered a halt to logging on Indian lands.demand a halt to something (=firmly ask for something to stop)· Irish farmers demanded a halt to imports of British cattle.put a halt to something (=stop something suddenly)· The news put a halt to our celebrations.adjectivesan abrupt halt (=one that is sudden and unexpected)· His career came to an abrupt halt when he was seriously injured in a road accident.a sudden halt· My happiness was brought to a sudden halt by the death of my father.a premature halt (=one that is sooner than expected)· Bad weather brought the game to a premature halt.a temporary halt· The game was brought to a temporary halt when the floodlights failed.an immediate halt· The government called for an immediate halt to the fighting.a complete halt· Wendy had slowed down, almost to a complete halt.a grinding halt (=one that happens slowly – used for emphasis)· One accident can bring the whole road system to a grinding halt.a shuddering halt (=one in which a vehicle shakes noisily as it stops moving)· He slammed his foot on the brake pedal, bringing the truck to a shuddering halt.halt1 nounhalt2 verb
halthalt2 ●○○ verb VERB TABLE
halt
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | halt |
| he, she, it | halts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | halted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have halted |
| he, she, it | has halted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had halted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will halt |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have halted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am halting |
| he, she, it | is halting | |
| you, we, they | are halting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was halting |
| you, we, they | were halting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been halting |
| he, she, it | has been halting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been halting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be halting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been halting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All his efforts had failed to halt the increase in street crime.
- Heavy rain halted five railroad lines in the Tokyo area.
- The government is determined to halt the trade in illegal animal furs.
- The taxi halted at the hotel's front door.
- Accumulation through dynamic expansion would be halted when the need for more workers drove up wages and eroded profits.
- At length Fand halted, spear held aloft.
- By 1993 the percentage had dropped to 12. 1 percent, and the trend shows no signs of halting.
- By an 8-7 vote, a Senate committee halted the taggant test program.
- On Sept. 17 reports stated that tear gas was used to halt protests at a Mandalay high school.
- The Trade Union March had been halted by police long before they reached the Square.
- There was a statement to be made, a line to be drawn, a trend to be halted.
- We halted under a memorial statue to Frederick the Great.
Longman Language Activatorto make something stop happening or continuing
to make someone stop doing something, or make something stop happening: · The referee stopped the fight when one of the boxers was badly injured.· It is now time to stop the war and begin negotiations for peace.· Officials are planning to take court action to stop publication of the book.stop somebody doing something: · I gave my little brother some chocolate to stop him crying.
to stop something, especially so that it never starts again: · An injury like this could put an end to her dancing career.· The outbreak of war put an end to their romance.
to finally and permanently end something that has continued for a long time: bring something to an end: · A treaty was signed which finally brought the conflict to an end.bring to an end something: · There are calls for the Prime Minister to bring to an end the uncertainty about the election date.
to make something stop changing, developing, or progressing: · The government is determined to halt the trade in illegal animal furs.· All his efforts had failed to halt the increase in street crime.
to decide that a planned action or activity should be stopped after it has already started: · The union decided to call off the strike when they were offered a 10% pay rise.· The meeting was called off at the last minute.· The hunt for the missing boy had to be called off because of severe weather conditions.
to stop an activity earlier than was planned, especially because of something unexpected such as illness or bad news: · She was forced to cut short her holiday and return to the UK.· His education was cut short when his father died of a sudden illness.
to stop an action that has been started, because it would be too dangerous to continue: · The mission was aborted after news came of the capture of the city.· The plane had already started its descent when the pilot received orders to abort his landing.
to officially order that something should be stopped, when you intend to let it start again at a later time: · We have decided to suspend all production at the factory until safety checks can be carried out.· All pay increases are to be suspended until further notice.· The trial was suspended after threats were made against witnesses.
informal to stop giving money to a plan or planned business activity so that it cannot continue: · The city council has pulled the plug on the new housing development.· Over 1000 workers lost their jobs when the company pulled the plug on plans to open ten new stores.
to keep prices or wages at the same level and not increase them: · The company has announced that it intends to freeze all salaries for a year.· All government employees have had their salaries frozen at last year's levels.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The bus came to an abrupt halt. She was desperate to halt the march of time upon her face and figure. The bus pulled to a halt. The car screeched to a halt. The train shuddered to a halt.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
The bus came to an abrupt halt. (=especially something bad)· It is our responsibility to discuss how this conflict can be brought to an end.
(=stop it from continuing)· These measures are intended to halt the decline in fish populations.
She was desperate to halt the march of time upon her face and figure. The bus pulled to a halt. The car screeched to a halt. The train shuddered to a halt.· Naturally the rest of take-off was temporarily halted while everyone prepared to duck under anything convenient if the bombs exploded.· The repression which followed temporarily halted the labour movement and dealt the party a heavy blow.· Forecasts now differed as to whether economic recovery had temporarily halted or whether a double-dip recession had occurred.
NOUN· All this has helped to halt the advance of new tire companies.
· It worked and halted the attack.· Humanitarian aid would have to be halted if an attack was sanctioned, Mr Boutros-Ghali added.· Gorbad halted the attack and prepared for a long siege.
· The technique was by Friends of the Earth in an attempt to halt the Wymondham by-pass road scheme in Norfolk.
· Loretta Sanchez of Garden Grove will continue indefinitely after Democrats lost a bid to halt it next week.
· The measures are designed to halt the sharp decline in shark populations caused by overfishing in recent years.· The Dow Jones Transportation Average halted three days of declines, rising as much as 9. 39 to 1905. 34.· Despite the urgent need to halt economic decline, neither has a clearly defined policy.· The main objectives were now to abolish poverty among children and halt the decline in the birth rate.· Second team bowler Robert Powell is also called up as Builth look to halt their recent decline.
· Bridges were reported to have been blown up and roads to the capital blocked in an effort to halt the march.· Its key element was a relaxation of the past two years' tight monetary controls in an effort to halt recession.· More ominously, the effort to halt the nuclear spread could also stall.· It would also put in jeopardy the global effort to halt the spread of nuclear weapons.
· It also decides whether the gravity is strong enough to halt the expansion and bring everything back together again.· If there's enough to close it, there's enough to halt the expansion.
· Accordingly, efforts have been made by successive governments to halt the growth in public spending.· They were hamstrung when the government halted all nuclear plant construction in 1983, leaving them with unfinished power plants.· The government halted the distribution of petrol and the Committees for the Defence of the Republic began distributing arms.· Greenpeace campaigners called on the Government to halt the work immediately.
· Accordingly, efforts have been made by successive governments to halt the growth in public spending.· If not, shortages of the other nutrients, such as nitrogen, could halt the growth benefits of more carbon dioxide.· This policy halted the previously continuous growth of local authority tenancies and contributed to the overall increase in owner occupancy.· Although the soil was wet, it contained sufficient salt to halt the growth of bacteria.
· Bridges were reported to have been blown up and roads to the capital blocked in an effort to halt the march.· But not even the most stringent economies could halt the march of the inevitable.· So what, if anything, is being done to halt the seemingly relentless march of rainforest destruction?
· The lack of oxygen halts the burning process half way ... and creates charcoal.
· She had been promoted this far; and Tabachnikov was not going to be the one to halt her progress.
· The lawsuit asks a judge to halt the project until environmental issues are sorted out.
· The fresh disclosures will increase the already considerable pressure on the university to halt the sale plan.· I have halted all pending foreclosure sales until they can be further reviewed for discrimination or inconsistency in program delivery.· We call on federal agencies to halt the sale, under government auspices, of pornographic materials.· Clinton is the first president to challenge tobacco companies to halt cigarette sales to teen-agers, Lewis added.
· City have gone four games without a goal and Reid wants to halt the slide.· The structure that I have suggested is sufficiently robust to halt that slide and ensure that acute care remains free throughout.· Crosby is determined to buy this week to halt the Roker slide down the First Division table.· Now it believes it has halted the downward slide following a restructuring and product strategy review over the past year.
· None has succeeded in halting the spread of violence.· But this will not halt the spread of crypto anarchy.· More ominously, the effort to halt the nuclear spread could also stall.· It would also put in jeopardy the global effort to halt the spread of nuclear weapons.· Such exemplary action would do much to halt the spread of these evil weapons.
· An hour later they were halted in their tracks by a cataract not marked on the map.· A third cry made both sides halt in their tracks.· Nothing less will halt Thadeus in his tracks.· Rachaela had halted in her tracks.· Seattle was a fine place for tens of thousands to gather and halt them in their tracks.
· None has succeeded in halting the spread of violence.· On Sunday, Hamas had issued a statement saying it would halt violence for three months.
· She said the fighting had halted virtually all relief work in Mogadishu.· Construction was halted when excavation work on the baroque square unearthed the ruins of a medieval synagogue destroyed in 1421.· Greenpeace campaigners called on the Government to halt the work immediately.· But funding problems have halted work at the site, and it is unclear when it will resume.· This is the second time in two years that Strathclyde has threatened to halt work on the Ayr Road Route.
VERB· Tories fail to halt pedestrian plan A last-ditch attempt to delay the introduction of pedestrianisation in Darlington town centre was defeated.· Job fears and the mortgage debt trap are failing to halt the housing slump.
· All this has helped to halt the advance of new tire companies.
· The alarm went out and environmentalists began to try to halt, if not reverse, the destruction of the remaining park.· Joseph Parylak, sought a similar order last month, trying to halt the test, but was turned down.· It's a desperate double setback for boss Graeme Souness as he tries to halt Liverpool's worst start for 38 years.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[transitive] to prevent someone or something from continuing – used especially in news reports SYN stop: - Halt! Who goes there?
- Company halt!
- Almost at once there was a slight crunch of gravel under wheels as a vehicle came to a halt.
- An unshaven old man in a stained jacket comes to a stop beside us.
- As it came to a stop, it widened the frenzied cluster of moths surrounding the yellow platform light over his head.
- He rose and led them both down the stone steps, coming to a halt at the entrance to the vestry door.
- The elevator rose smoothly, then came to a stop.
- The score indicates how far the ball bounces forward before it comes to a halt.
- The train lurches into movement, then, quickly, comes to a halt.
- She heard a large vehicle draw to a halt behind her on the main road.
- She stood there while it drew to a halt.
- She turned as the car drew to a halt.
- The car drew to a halt alongside the front door, and an instant later the driver's door swung open.
- The coach had drawn to a halt outside the Theater an der Wien.
- The convoy drew to a halt in front of the hotel.
- The taxi drew to a halt where a purple awning reached out to the edge of the pavement.
- Production ground to a halt at five of the factories.
- Traffic ground to a halt as we got closer to the accident.
- Business ground to a halt throughout much of the Northeast, South and Midwest.
- But low hydrogen yields and poisoned catalysts soon had these systems grinding to a halt.
- Compare the problems in Glen Nevis where in summer traffic all but grinds to a halt, to see the possible outcome.
- It seemed as though things had ground to a halt in there.
- Offices, factories, industry, communications, transport ... all of it grinding to a halt.
- The co-op went bankrupt during the Great Depression, said Gross, and maintenance slowly ground to a halt.
- The tiny pens, scrawling in palsied traces on endless white ribbons of paper, slowly ground to a halt.
- Treasury yield drops However, the rally in U. S. Treasuries ground to a halt.
- A dreadful thought struck Jean, and she stopped in her tracks, right in the middle of the pavement.
- An hour later they were halted in their tracks by a cataract not marked on the map.
- Blue speaks her name, in a voice that seems strange to him, and she stops dead in her tracks.
- I stopped dead in my tracks, unsure of what to do next.
- It had been stopped in its tracks by the Railway Inspectorate and a public outcry.
- People stop in their tracks and stare.
- Petey stopped dead in his tracks at the question.
- The people had stopped in their tracks, women were making their children stand behind them.
The government has failed to halt economic decline. Safety concerns have led them to halt work on the dam.RegisterHalt is mainly used in journalism. In everyday English, people usually say stop:· They had to stop the building work.2[intransitive] to stop moving: The parade halted by a busy corner.3halt! used as a military order to tell someone to stop moving or soldiers to stop marching: Company halt! Halt! Who goes there?