halt
/hɔlt/
noun
- A temporary stop or pause.
- The negotiations reached a halt after the disagreement.
- Work came to a halt when the storm hit.
- The sudden halt of the bus threw passengers forward.
verb
- To stop moving or operating.
- Production halted due to a power outage.
- The train halted at the station for a few minutes.
- He halted the car at the red light.
- To cause something to stop.
- She halted her speech to take a sip of water.
- The police halted traffic for the parade.
- New safety rules halted the project temporarily.