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Synonyms and Antonyms of halting
- traffic was halted by the parade
baffling, balking, blockading, blocking, bottlenecking, clogging, damming, detaining, hindering, holding, holding back, impeding, obstructing, snagging, stemming
concluding, cutting off, ending, terminating
calling, discontinuing, suspending
choking off, reining (in), repressing, squashing, squelching, stanching (or staunching), stunting, suppressing, turning back
- the private eye abruptly halted his surveillance of the building upon being spotted by his subject
completing, concluding, finishing
blockading, blocking, damming, delaying, detaining, hindering, holding, holding back, impeding, kiboshing, obstructing, stemming
arresting, braking, checking, clamping down, reining (in), squashing, squelching, stamping, stanching (or staunching), stunting, suppressing, turning back
abolishing, aborting, annulling, demolishing, destroying, dissolving, killing, ruining, scuttling, snuffing
- all filming halted when the star of the movie quit in a huff
Synonyms and Antonyms of halting
- even with her twisted ankle, she managed to halt along and complete her Walk for Peace
- she was often confused, halting between the responsibilities of her job and the demands of her home life
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