all stop
Complete immediate cessation
All stop is a nautical command to halt all engines immediately, bringing a vessel to a stop as quickly as possible.
The order goes to the engine room rather than the helm.
Extended to other contexts, it means a complete cessation of activity or momentum: The project came to an all stop when funding dried up.
- haltComplete sudden stop
- ceaseTo discontinue activity
- brakeDevice to slow motion
- emergency brakeSecondary vehicle stopping mechanism
- freezeBecome solid from cold
come to a halt · standstill · grinding halt · emergency · screech · whoa · pause · stillness · dead in the water · motion · inertia · anchor · station · terminal · platform · conductor · signal · red light
- submarine commandsdive, surface, battle stations, torpedo, conn
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- ship speedsknots, full speed, half speed, dead slow, flank speed
motion/propulsion
all stopfull ahead
Maximum forward propulsion ordered
full speed ahead · flank speed · make way · proceed · get underway
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