All halt synonyms

verb halt

• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• stem — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, considered as a group of academic or career fields (often used attributively): degree programs in STEM disciplines; teaching STEM in high school.
• adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
• stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• punctuate — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• intermit — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• vacillate — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
• limp — to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
• stammer — to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic repetitions of syllables or sounds.
• hobble — to walk lamely; limp.
• stagger — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
• waver — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
• falter — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
• stumble — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
• dither — a trembling; vibration.
• finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
• immobilize — to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
• immobilise — to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
• baulk — the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
• cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
• stutter — distorted speech characterized principally by blocks or spasms interrupting the rhythm.
• cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
• draw up — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• pull up — the act of pulling or drawing.
• blow the whistle on — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
• call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.