halts
Comes to standstill
Halts means stops or causes to stop.
A train halts at a station; a commander halts troops.
Progress halts when obstacles arise.
Construction halted due to weather.
The noun halt is a stop or pause: The project came to a halt.
To call a halt is to order something stopped.
Halting speech or movement is hesitant and unsteady.
Total cessation of movement
- cessationA full stopping
- stoppageInterruption of flow
- checkpointInspection station on route
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
blockade · arrest · impede · obstruct · restrain · curtail · inhibit · prohibit
Scheduled performance pause
- breatherBrief period of rest
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- hiatusBreak in activity
- lullTemporary period of quiet
break · recess · interval · interlude · moratorium · delay · wait · time-out
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- culminationHighest or final point
- completionAct of finishing
closure · discontinuation · expiration · cessation · windup · adjournment · finality · capstone
standstill
Total cessation of movement
- cessationA full stopping
- stoppageInterruption of flow
- checkpointInspection station on route
barricade · blockade · arrest · impede · obstruct · restrain · curtail · inhibit · prohibit · brakes
intermission
Scheduled performance pause
lull · break · recess · interval · interlude · moratorium · delay · wait · time-out · rest
termination
Act of ending something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- culminationHighest or final point
completion · closure · discontinuation · expiration · cessation · windup · adjournment · finality · capstone · climax
attention
Focused mental awareness
drill · formation · parade · inspection · salute · about-face · post · guard · ceremony
- scotchesstops, blocks, foils, thwarts, prevents
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- slowing downbraking, brakes, crawl, coasts, creep
- suspendhangs, dangles, stops, pauses, delays
- downtimebreak, breaks, nap, rest, relaxation
- cuts offdisconnects, severs, detaches, unplugs, shuts off
- grind to a haltGradually cease all motion
- grinding haltAbrupt, complete cessation
- halter topSleeveless top, neck-fastened
- bring to a halt
- came to a halt
- abrupt haltSudden, complete cessation