screeching/crashing halt
noun
: a sudden and complete end
The project came to a screeching/crashing halt.
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But that came to a screeching halt during a winter ski trip with his family when Quesnell suffered a compression fracture of a vertebra in his back and a break in the bottom right loop of his hip.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
If the superstar scorer remains silent, the Maple Leafs will fall short to the Panthers and their season will come to a crashing halt.
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—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
However, progress came to a screeching halt last week.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 7 May 2025
When the 2020 pandemic brought the restaurant industry to a screeching halt, Hart and his team pivoted hard.
—Xandra Harbet, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
If the superstar scorer remains silent, the Maple Leafs will fall short to the Panthers and their season will come to a crashing halt.
Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
However, progress came to a screeching halt last week.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 7 May 2025
When the 2020 pandemic brought the restaurant industry to a screeching halt, Hart and his team pivoted hard.
—Xandra Harbet, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for screeching/crashing halt
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“Screeching/crashing halt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screeching%2Fcrashing%20halt. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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