Synonyms for the halt
the halt

Princeton's WordNet

1. the haltnoun

   (archaic) lame persons collectively

   "the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind"--Luke 14:21

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1. Transport Minister Alain Vidalies:

   I seriously cannot imagine that the railway workers would run the risk of bringing France to a halt during such a crucial period, the Euro (tournament) is high-stake and everybody should keep in mind that nobody in France ... would understand if all this damaged France's image.

2. Omar Jadwat:

   Asylum seekers are being put at serious risk of harm every day that the forced return policy continues, notably, two of the three judges that heard this request found that there are serious legal problems with what the government is doing, so there is good reason to believe that ultimately this policy will be put to a halt.

3. Alfonso Sabella:

   I just hope that the progress made by this city council in fighting wrongdoing does not come to a sudden halt.

4. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid:

   In recent years the Republican leader and Republican senators have done everything possible to grind the will of the government to a halt, but now we're seeing something from the Republican leader that is far worse than his usual brand of obstruction. We're seeing an unprecedented attempt to hold hostage an entire branch of government.

5. Moon Seong-mook:

   They had a summit as a nuclear state with Kim on equal turf with Trump, got the United States to halt joint military exercises with South Korea. It's a win for Kim Jong Un.