I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ abrupt , sudden
▪
The bus came to an abrupt ~ outside the school.
▪ crashing , grinding , screeching , shuddering
▪
The strike brought the capital city to a grinding ~.
▪
The plan suddenly came to a screeching ~.
▪ complete , dead
▪ immediate
▪ temporary
▪ virtual
VERB + HALT
▪ come to , draw to , grind to , lurch to , screech to , shudder to , skid to , slide to
▪
The economy seems to be grinding to a ~.
▪
The car skidded to a ~ just inches from the river.
▪ bring sth to , put
▪
Production was brought to a temporary ~ when power supplies failed.
▪
enough jobs to put a ~ to emigration
▪ call
▪
Scientists have decided to call a ~ to the tests.
▪ call for , demand
▪ order
▪
They have ordered a ~ to local elections.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
a ~ in nuclear testing
▪ ~ to
▪
The protesters are calling for a ~ to the export of live animals.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ virtually
▪ effectively
▪
The strike effectively ~ed production at the factory.
▪ abruptly , immediately , suddenly
▪
All these ideas for expansion were abruptly ~ed by the outbreak of war.
▪ briefly , temporarily
▪ finally
VERB + HALT
▪ attempt to , try to
▪ threaten to
▪ fail to
▪
We are failing to ~ the destruction of the rainforest.
PHRASES
▪ ~ in your tracks
▪
A sudden shout made them ~ in their tracks and look around.
▪ ~ sth in its tracks
▪
The project has been ~ed in its tracks by this intervention.
Halt is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ footstep , ↑ train
Halt is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ advance , ↑ bloodshed , ↑ decline , ↑ development , ↑ execution , ↑ expansion , ↑ fighting , ↑ flow , ↑ import , ↑ march , ↑ movement , ↑ practice , ↑ proceedings , ↑ production , ↑ progress , ↑ progression , ↑ sale , ↑ shipment , ↑ slide , ↑ spiral , ↑ spread , ↑ trend , ↑ trial , ↑ work