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halt

verb

1 Len halted and turned round:

stop, come to a halt, come to a stop, come to a standstill, come to rest, pull up, draw up, stand still, draw to a stand.

▷antonyms start; go.

2 the restoration work has temporarily halted:

cease, stop, finish, discontinue, terminate, conclude, come to an end, come to a halt, come to a stop, draw to a close, come to a standstill, be over, be abandoned;

pause, be broken off, be suspended.

▷antonyms start; continue.

3 a further strike has halted production:

terminate, end, stop, cease, finish, suspend, bring to a stop, bring to a close, bring to an end, put an end to, put a stop to, break off, wind up;

arrest, impede, check, curb, stem, staunch, block, stall, hold back;

informal pull the plug on, put the kibosh on.

▷antonyms start; continue.

noun

1 the car drew to a halt:

stop, standstill.

2 a halt in production:

cessation, termination, stoppage, stopping, close, end, discontinuation, discontinuance;

break, pause, interval, interruption, interlude, intermission, suspension, rest, respite, hiatus, breathing space, time out;

informal breather.

▷antonyms start; continuation.

halt (1) Oxford Dictionary of English