halt
I
noun
abandonment, abeyance, armistice, arrest, block, break, breathing spell, cessation, check, close, closing, deadlock, delay, desistance, detention, deterrent, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, estoppage, estoppel, hesitation, impasse, impediment, inactivity, intermissio, intermission, interruption, lapse, lull, obstruction, pause, prevention, prohibition, recess, remission, respire, rest, shutdown, stalemate, standstill, stay, stop, stopover, stoppage, suspension, termination, time out, truce, wait
associated concepts: freeze, injunction, restraining order
II
verb
adjourn, arrest, balk, bar, bar someone's way, barricade, block, blockade, break, break off, bring to a standstill, call a halt, cease, check, come to a stop, consistere, counteract, curb, cut short, dam, deadlock, debar, defeat, desist, deter, disallow, discontinue, end, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, hamper, hinder, hold, impede, inhibit, interrupt, make inactive, obstruct, pause, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put an end to, quell, quit, remain, rest, restrain, restrict, stand, stand still, stay, stem, stop, stop an advance, stop short, subdue, subsistere, suspend, terminate, thwart, wait
associated concepts: abandon a crime, discontinue an action, injunction, stop and frisk laws
III
index
abeyance, balk, block, cease, cessation (interlude), check (bar), check (restrain), close (terminate), cloture, conclude (complete), condemn (ban), constrict (inhibit), curtail, debar, defeat, desist, desuetude, detain (restrain), deterrence, discontinue (abandon), dissolve (terminate), embargo, end (termination), estop, finality, finish, forestall, hiatus, hinder, hold up (delay), impasse, interdict, interruption, interval, keep (restrain), layoff, lull, moratorium, obstruct, pause (noun), pause (verb), pendency, prevent, prohibit, proscribe (prohibit), quit (discontinue), recess (noun), recess (verb), refrain, remission, remit (relax), respite (interval of rest), rest (cease from action), shut, stall, stay, stay (rest), stem (check), stop, suspend, terminate, toll (stop)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006