halt

cause to stop

• “Halt the engines”
• “Arrest the progress”
• “halt the presses”

come to a halt, stop moving

• “the car stopped”
• “She stopped in front of a store window”

stop from happening or developing

• “Block his election”
• “Halt the process”

stop the flow of a liquid

• “staunch the blood flow”
• “them the tide”

the state of inactivity following an interruption

• “the negotiations were in arrest”
• “held them in check”
• “during the halt he got some lunch”
• “the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow”
• “he spent the entire stop in his seat”

the event of something ending

• “it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill”

an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

• “a halt in the arms race”
• “a nuclear freeze”

disabled in the feet or legs

• “a crippled soldier”
• “a game leg”