"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"
"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
"a halt in the arms race"
"a nuclear freeze"
"a crippled soldier"
"a game leg"
"Halt the engines"
"Arrest the progress"
"halt the presses"
"the car stopped"
"She stopped in front of a store window"
"Block his election"
"Halt the process"
"staunch the blood flow"
"stem the tide"