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haltsnounpl. of halt a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give innegotiations are at a halt, with neither management nor the union budging on the issue of salary limits deadlocks, gridlocks, impasses, logjams, Mexican standoffs, stalemates, standoffs, standstills dead endsbinds, bottlenecks, corners, dilemmas, fixes, holes, jams, morasses, pickles, pinches, plights, predicaments, quagmires, quandaries, spotsdifficultiesproblems the stopping of a process or activitygardening came to a halt during the week of solid rain arrestments, arrests, ceases, cessations, checks, closedowns, closes, closures, conclusions, cutoffs, discontinuances, discontinuations, endings, ends, expirations, finishes, lapses, offsets, shutdowns, shutoffs, stays, stoppages, stops, surceases, terminations mop-ups, phaseoutsabeyances, breaks, interruptions, layoffs, letups, moratoriums(or moratoria), pauses, standstills, suspensions continuances, continuations extensions, persistences, prolongations to bring (something) to a standstilltraffic was halted by the parade arrests, brings up, catches, checks, draws up, fetches up, holds up, pulls up, stalls, stays, stills, stops baffles, balks, blockades, blocks, bottlenecks, clogs, dams, detains, hinders, holds, holds back, impedes, obstructs, snags, stemsconcludes, cuts off, ends, terminatescalls, discontinues, suspendschokes off, reins (in), represses, squashes, squelches, stanches(or staunches), stunts, suppresses, turns back carries on, continues, follows through (with), keeps (on), keeps up, persists, runs onadvances, fares, goes along, marches, moves, proceeds, progresses, wendsactuates, budges, drives, goads, impels, propels, pushes, spurs, stirs to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate endthe private eye abruptly halted his surveillance of the building upon being spotted by his subject breaks, breaks off, breaks up, cans(slang), ceases, cuts off, cuts out, desists (from), discontinues, drops, ends, gives over, knocks off, lays off, leaves off, packs (up or in), quits, shuts off, stops completes, concludes, finishescloses (down)deactivatesblockades, blocks, dams, delays, detains, hinders, holds, holds back, impedes, kiboshes, obstructs, stemscalls, suspendsarrests, brakes, checks, clamps down, reins (in), squashes, squelches, stamps, stanches(or staunches), stunts, suppresses, turns backpauses, stays, suspendsabolishes, aborts, annuls, demolishes, destroys, dissolves, kills, ruins, scuttles, snuffs has done with, puts the kibosh on carries on, continues, follows through (with), keeps up, runs onadvances, proceeds, progressesactuates, drives, impels, propels, stirs to come to an endall filming halted when the star of the movie quit in a huff breaks off, breaks up, ceases, closes, concludes, dead-ends, determines, dies, discontinues, elapses, ends, expires, finishes, goes, lapses, leaves off, lets up, passes, quits, stops, terminates, winds up, winks (out) desists (from), lays off (of), refrains (from)gives over(British), knocks off, packs (up or in)breaks down, conks (out), cuts out, stallspauses, stays, suspendsabates, peters (out), winds down bites the dust continues, hangs on, persists draws out, extends, prolongs, protracts to walk while favoring one legeven with her twisted ankle, she managed to halt along and complete her Walk for Peace hobbles, limps hitchesblunders, falters, flounders, lurches, shambles, shuffles, staggers, stumbles, teeters, totters, wavers, wobbles(also wabbles)dodders strides breezes, glides, sails to show uncertainty about the right course of actionshe was often confused, halting between the responsibilities of her job and the demands of her home life balances, dithers, falters, hangs back, hesitates, scruples, shilly-shallies, staggers, teeters, vacillates, wavers, wobbles(also wabbles) haws, hemsdallies, dawdles, delays, lingers, pauses, procrastinates, waitsbacks down, chickens (out)considers, debates, deliberates, ponders, weighsoscillates, swaysequivocates, hedges, pussyfoots, waffles dives (in), plunges (in) decidesbudges, stirsadvances, continues |