HALT

[verb] - to (cause to) stop moving or doing something or happening"Halt!" called the guard. "You can't go any further without a permit." [I]Security forces halted the demonstrators by blocking the road. [T]Production has halted at all of the company's factories because of the pay dispute. [I]The trial was halted when a member of the jury died. [T]All previous attempts to halt the fighting have failed so why should these proposals be any more successful? [T]