Collocations with halt

These are words often used in combination with halt.

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abrupt halt
But such collaboration came to an abrupt halt.
complete halt
It also brings the rhythmic activity of the accompaniment to a complete halt for the only time in the aria.
immediate halt
It demands an immediate halt to the violence and early negotiations to find a political settlement to the crisis.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
sudden halt
The negotiations were proceeding happily and speedily, until recently when they came to a sudden halt.
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temporary halt
In the mid 1970s, the expansion of the welfare state came to a temporary halt.
to a grinding halt
The addition of a wronghanded enantiomer brings the polymerization process to a grinding halt.
virtual halt
Without access to the tunnels or, for that matter, parking lot containers, the recovery of surface remains came to a virtual halt.
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