virtual halt
Frequency: 6.20.5 per million words
a situation where something has almost completely stopped
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- The pandemic brought business travel to a virtual halt.
- Traffic came to a virtual halt during the snowstorm.
- The conflict has brought trade between the two countries to a virtual halt.
- Construction work ground to a virtual halt due to funding issues.
- The new regulations brought the industry to a virtual halt.
- Tourism came to a virtual halt after the natural disaster.
- The factory operations slowed to a virtual halt during the power outage.
- The protests brought the city center to a virtual halt.
- Economic activity has come to a virtual halt in the affected regions.
- The investigation brought the project to a virtual halt.