halts in English

noun

1

a suspension of movement or activity, typically a temporary one.

a halt in production

synonyms: stop, standstill, stoppage, stopping, discontinuation, break, suspension, pause, interval, interruption, hiatus, cessation, termination, close, end

verb

1

bring or come to an abrupt stop.

there is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed

synonyms: stop, come to a halt, come to a stop, come to a standstill, pull up, draw up, stop, bring to a stop, put a stop to, bring to an end, put an end to, terminate, end, wind up, suspend, break off, arrest, impede, check, curb, stem, block, stall, hold back, pull the plug on, put the kibosh on

2

walk with a limp.

he halted slightly in his walk

noun

stop, standstill
stoppage, stopping, discontinuation, break, suspension, pause, interval, interruption, hiatus, cessation, termination, close, end
stop
freeze
hitch, stoppage, stop, check, stay, arrest

verb

stop, hold, stanch
stop, come to a halt, come to a stop, come to a standstill, pull up, draw up
stop, bring to a stop, put a stop to, bring to an end, put an end to, terminate, end, wind up, suspend, break off, arrest, impede, check, curb, stem, block, stall, hold back, pull the plug on, put the kibosh on
hold, arrest
stop
stop, block, kibosh
stanch, stem, staunch

Use "halts" in a sentence

1. When a driver wants to stop, he or she halts the horse using the reins and halts the Buggy …

2. Killing with racial undertones halts town's minicab service.

3. Netherlands Halts Adoptions From Abroad After Exposing Past Abuses

4. Toyota Halts India Growth, Blaming ‘We Don’t Want You’ Taxes

5. Unlinking the Google Play Developer account(s) from your Firebase project halts data sharing.

6. Antonyms for Ameliorations include blocks, blockages, declines, decreases, demotions, deteriorations, diminishments, failures, halts and hindrances

7. Antonyms for Commences include concludes, ends, finishes, terminates, ceases, stops, completes, desists, halts and closes

8. Synonyms for Concludes include ends, closes, finishes, ceases, stops, terminates, completes, halts, lapses and consummates

9. Pfizer, Moderna Threaten to Halt Vaccine Deliveries After Israel Halts Payment Due to Political Bickering

10. Antonyms for Actuates include bores, calms, checks, deadens, delays, depresses, discourages, dissuades, dulls and halts

11. The Palestinians have said they will not return to the negotiating table until new settlement construction halts .

12. Synonyms for Belays include ceases, ends, halts, quits, cancels, arrests, checks, stays, stalls and calls a halt to

13. 30 Very few of the stations on what was built of the Cape to Cairo railway were anything more than small wayside halts.

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15. Texas Court Halts Execution in Dallas Murder The reading of a moral topic can be influenced by the emotional exhibition transmitted by the rival Bargainer in the transaction.

16. Boomerang includes Respondable, an AI assistant that helps you write better emails, backed by data from millions of emails, and Inbox Pause, which halts incoming emails while you focus on the task at hand

17. 1 day ago · LA County DA halts efforts to charge gang member suspected of murder as adult; Boasted about gang in custody He pleaded guilty and is being prosecuted as a juvenile

18. On December 21, 2010, a new realigned twin track electrified line has been constructed, and several new or transferable stations are still being constructed to replace the existing halts in outside Chuncheon, such as Cheonmasan, Sinnae, and Byeollae.

19. Bulwarked by a spare tire, this capable member of a Marine Corps truck convoy goes in for a little practice with a submachine gun as his column halts on a training cruise near New River, North Carolina

20. Cripple (n.) Old English crypel, "one who creeps, halts, or limps, one partly or wholly deprived of the use of one or more limbs," related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (source also of Old Frisian kreppel, Middle Dutch cropel, German krüppel, Old Norse kryppill).