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halt1  audio  (hôlt) KEY 

NOUN:
A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one: The car rolled to a halt when it stalled.
VERB:
halt·ed, halt·ing, halts
VERB:
tr.
To cause to stop: The government hopes to halt tax fraud.
VERB:
intr.
To stop; pause: The hikers halted for lunch and some rest. See Synonyms at stop.
ETYMOLOGY:
German, sing. imperative of halten, to stop, from Middle High German, from Old High German haltan


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