Collocations for "halted"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "halted" in context.
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halt
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [officer, soldier] called a halt
- [a complete, an immediate, an abrupt] halt
- a [sudden, grinding, screeching] halt
- the [traffic, train, bus] came to a [complete, sudden] halt
- [work, construction, production] came to a halt
- brought [traffic] to a (complete) halt
- there has been a halt in [production, filming]
- there has been a halt in the [production] of
- call a halt for [several minutes]
- called a halt in [the meeting, proceedings]
- call a halt to the [violence, uprising, crime]
- [traffic, production, construction] has been halted
- [temporarily, permanently, briefly] halted
- the [search, trial, execution] was halted (after, when)
- halt the spread of [disease, tyranny, corruption]
- military: Halt! Who goes there?
- gave the order to halt
'halted' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):