screeching/crashing halt

noun

: a sudden and complete end

The project came to a screeching/crashing halt.

Examples of screeching/crashing halt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But in the past week, that’s all come to a screeching halt. —Calmatters, Mercury News, 20 June 2025

Junior’s reign came to a crashing halt when he was knocked out by Conor McGregor in 13 seconds at UFC 194 in December 2015. —Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

This trend came to a screeching halt during the Covid-19 pandemic, but could be picking back up now. —Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 10 June 2025

When this long, difficult, rewarding and validating Minnesota Timberwolves season came to a crashing halt Wednesday in Oklahoma City, a sullen group of players and coaches filed into the locker room to come to grips with it all. —Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 May 2025