screeching/crashing halt
noun
: a sudden and complete end
The project came to a screeching/crashing halt.
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One of dancehall’s biggest stars who had collaborated with artists such as Busta Rhymes and Fat Joe, Buju Banton’s career came to a screeching halt in 2009 when he was arrested in Sarasota and convicted in 2011.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Craig responds with a sucker punch that puts Austin on the ground and brings the night to a screeching halt.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
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.
—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
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
Craig responds with a sucker punch that puts Austin on the ground and brings the night to a screeching halt.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
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.
—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
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“Screeching/crashing halt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screeching%2Fcrashing%20halt. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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