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halt v. [
hold, arrest] cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
. wn #2
halt v. [
stop] come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
. wn #3
halt v. [
stop, block, kibosh] stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
. wn #4
halt n. [
arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage] the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
. wn #5
halt n. [
stop] the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
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