halt
Noun
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subtypes:
- countercheck - a check that restrains another check
- logjam - any stoppage attributable to unusual activity
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subtypes:
- cessation, surcease - a stopping
- stand, standstill, tie-up - an interruption of normal activity
same as: stop -
is a type of: pause - temporary inactivitysame as: freeze
Adjective
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similar to: unfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition
Verb
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is a type of: stop - cause to stop
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subtypes:
- go off - stop running, functioning, or operating
- pull up short - stop abruptly
- check - stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- check - stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- check - abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- rein, rein in - stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins
- conk, stall - come to a stop
- stall - experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
- draw up, haul up, pull up - come to a halt after driving somewhere
- brake - stop travelling by applying a brake
- settle - come to rest
same as: stop -
is a type of: check - arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
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