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1. Cause to come to an abrupt stop
   "Halt the engines"; "halt the presses";
   - hold, arrest
    
2. Come to a halt, cease moving
   "the car halted";
   - stop
    
3. Prevent from happening or developing
   "Halt the process";
   - stop, block, kibosh [informal], kybosh [informal]
    
4. Stop the flow of a liquid
   "halt the tide";
   - stem, stanch [N. Amer], staunch

1. The state of inactivity following an interruption
   "during the halt he got some lunch";
   - arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
    
2. The event of something ending
   "it came to a halt at the bottom of the hill";
   - stop
    
3. An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
   "a halt in the arms race";
   - freeze
    
4. [Brit] A minor railway stop

1. Disabled in the feet or legs
   "a halt soldier";
   - crippled, halting, lame, gimpy [N. Amer, informal], game [informal]

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Derived forms: halts, halting, halted

See also: unfit

Type of: check, conclusion, ending, finish, forbid, foreclose, forestall, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, pause, preclude, prevent, stop

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