sudden stop
Jarring momentum killer
A sudden stop is an abrupt halt to movement or progress.
The term appears in economics to describe a rapid reversal of capital flows into a country, triggering financial crisis.
In everyday use, it describes any jarring cessation: The bus came to a sudden stop.
The phrase often implies unexpected or forceful interruption rather than gradual deceleration.
- haltComplete sudden stop
- brakeDevice to slow motion
- emergency brakeSecondary vehicle stopping mechanism
- joltAbrupt forceful shake
- freezeBecome solid from cold
screech · abrupt · crash · collision · impact · whiplash · pause · stillness · come to rest · jarring · shock · slam · skid · lurch · grinding halt · standstill · arrest · cease
- stoppageshalt, standstill, cessation, grinding halt, arrest
- stopping wordsbrake, halt, pause, freeze, cease
- stopshalt, cease, pause, end, stoplight
- suspense musiccrescendo, tremolo, dissonance, ostinato, minor key
- commutingcommute, morning commute, evening commute, commute time, long commute
- cat movespounce, leap, jump, climb, land
sudden stopcontinuous motion
Uninterrupted kinetic activity
quick launch · constant velocity · jackrabbit start · rapid acceleration · burst of speed
sudden, suddenly, suddenness, stop, stops, stopped, stopping, stopper, stoppers