halt
hawlt
- n the state of inactivity following an interruption
during the halt he got some lunch - n the event of something ending
- n an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
a halt in the arms race - v cause to stop
halt the presses - v come to a halt, stop moving
- v stop from happening or developing
- v stop the flow of a liquid
- s disabled in the feet or legs
- Sydney grinds to a halt as the worst dust storm for 70 years blankets the city and turns the sky orange.
- The Stock and Cotton Exchanges experienced a halt and recovery during the past week.
- The nationwide program of vaccination against polio, so eagerly awaited for so many years, so recently greeted with clarion calls of hope, ground this week to a sickening halt.