halt

adjective

  1. 1

    disabled in the feet or legs

    a crippled soldier

    a game leg

noun

  1. 1

    an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

    a halt in the arms race

    a nuclear freeze

  2. 2

    the event of something ending

    it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill

  3. 3

    the state of inactivity following an interruption

    the negotiations were in arrest

    held them in check

verb

  1. 1

    stop the flow of a liquid

    staunch the blood flow

    stem the tide

  2. 2

    cause to stop

    Halt the engines

    Arrest the progress

  3. 3

    come to a halt, stop moving

    the car stopped

    She stopped in front of a store window

  4. 4

    stop from happening or developing

    Block his election

    Halt the process

Synonyms

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