halt

halt¹ [ho:lt US ho:lt] n

[Date: 1500-1600; : Germa]

1.) [singular]

a stop or pause

▪ Heavy snowfalls brought traffic to a halt (=made it stop moving) .

▪ The World Championship was brought to a temporary halt (=was stopped from continuing) .

come/grind/screech etc to a halt

(=stop moving or continuing)

▪ The whole peace process seems to have ground to a halt.

▪ Joe slammed on the brakes and the car skidded to a halt.

▪ The President has called for a halt to the wave of emigration.

2.) call a halt (to sth)

to stop an activity from continuing

▪ I urge those responsible to call a halt to the violence.

3.) BrE

a place in the countryside where a train stops to let passengers get off, but where there is no station

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HINT sense 1

Do not say 'get to a halt'. Say 'come to a halt'.

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halt ²

halt² v

1.) [T]

to prevent someone or something from continuing - used especially in news reports

= ↑stop

▪ The government has failed to halt economic decline.

▪ Safety concerns have led them to halt work on the dam.

2.) [I]

to stop moving

▪ The parade halted by a busy corner.

3.) halt!

used as a military order to tell someone to stop moving or soldiers to stop marching

▪ Company halt!

▪ Halt! Who goes there?