complete halt
Frequency: 7.21.0 per million words
a total stop; a situation where all activity or movement has stopped
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Examples (10)
- The sudden snowstorm brought traffic to a complete halt.
- Due to a supply chain failure, production at the factory came to a complete halt.
- Negotiations between the two countries have come to a complete halt.
- The discovery of ancient ruins brought the construction project to a complete halt.
- A critical server error caused the entire online service to come to a complete halt.
- When the final whistle blew, the game came to a complete halt.
- The city's public transport system came to a complete halt during the strike.
- If funding is cut, the scientific research will come to a complete halt.
- All work on the new software was brought to a complete halt by the manager.
- The investigation came to a complete halt due to a lack of evidence.