immediate halt

Frequency: 6.90.9 per million words

a stop that is called for or happens right away

haltADJECTIVE + NOUN

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immediate

Examples (10)

  • The government called for an immediate halt to all military operations.
  • There must be an immediate halt to the violence in the region.
  • The judge ordered an immediate halt to the controversial construction project.
  • Environmental groups are demanding an immediate halt to deforestation.
  • The accident brought traffic to an immediate halt on the highway.
  • UN officials negotiated an immediate halt to the hostilities.
  • The company announced an immediate halt to production following safety concerns.
  • Protesters succeeded in forcing an immediate halt to the arms shipments.
  • The emergency required an immediate halt to all non-essential activities.
  • Diplomats worked urgently to secure an immediate halt to the fighting.