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Defenition of the word halt

    • Defenition of the word halt

      • To cause to stop (e.g. an engine or a machine).
      • the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "he spent the entire stay in his room"
      • disabled in the feet or legs
      • an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement: "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
      • cause to stop or halt; "Halt the engine"
      • cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
      • come to rest
      • as of the flow of a liquid flowing, such as blood from a wound
      • the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
      • come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
      • stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
      • an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
      • the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
      • stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"
      • disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
      • an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
      • the event of something ending
      • the state of inactivity following an interruption
      • stop the flow of a liquid
      • cause to stop
      • come to a halt, stop moving
      • stop from happening or developing

    Synonyms for the word halt

      • arrest
      • block
      • check
      • crippled
      • freeze
      • halting
      • hitch
      • hold
      • kibosh
      • lame
      • oscillate
      • settle
      • stanch
      • staunch
      • stay
      • stem
      • stop
      • stoppage
      • vacillate
      • waver

    Similar words in the halt

      • unfit

    Hyponyms for the word halt

      • brake
      • cessation
      • check
      • conk
      • countercheck
      • draw up
      • embargo
      • go off
      • haul up
      • logjam
      • pull up
      • pull up short
      • rein
      • rein in
      • settle
      • stall
      • stand
      • standstill
      • stay
      • surcease
      • tie-up

    Hypernyms for the word halt

      • cease
      • check
      • conclusion
      • end
      • ending
      • finish
      • forbid
      • foreclose
      • forestall
      • halt
      • inaction
      • inactiveness
      • inactivity
      • pause
      • preclude
      • prevent
      • stop
      • terminate

    Antonyms for the word halt

      • get going
      • go
      • start

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