halt

Universal Words verb, noun verb to stop; to make sb/sth stop: [V] She walked towards him and then halted. * 'Halt!' the Major ordered (= used as a command to soldiers). * [VN] The police were halting traffic on the parade route. * The trial was halted after the first week. IDIOMS see TRACKn. noun 1 [sing.] an act of stopping the movement or progress of sb/sth: Work came to a halt when the machine broke down. * The thought brought her to an abrupt halt. * The car skidded to a halt. * Strikes have led to a halt in production. * They decided it was time to call a halt to the project (= stop it officially). 2 [C] (BrE) a small railway station in the country that has a platform but no buildings IDIOMS see GRINDv.