screeching/crashing halt
noun
: a sudden and complete end
The project came to a screeching/crashing halt.
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In a surprising and inexplicable way, as takeoffs and landings ceased, the feverish activity that airport grass hides under its seemingly peaceful surface came to a screeching halt.
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Fabio Morábito, New Yorker, 24 July 2025
The Tatum injury sent Boston’s dynastic rise into a screeching halt.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
Events like fires, floods, snowstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes can bring companies to a screeching halt by damaging facilities and even jeopardizing employees' lives.
—Niki Jorgensen, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Matt Shaw's impact on the 2025 Chicago Cubs may have come to a screeching halt.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
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Fabio Morábito, New Yorker, 24 July 2025
The Tatum injury sent Boston’s dynastic rise into a screeching halt.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
Events like fires, floods, snowstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes can bring companies to a screeching halt by damaging facilities and even jeopardizing employees' lives.
—Niki Jorgensen, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Matt Shaw's impact on the 2025 Chicago Cubs may have come to a screeching halt.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
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“Screeching/crashing halt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screeching%2Fcrashing%20halt. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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