0 past simple and past participle of halt
1 to (cause to) stop moving or doing something or happening:
The government has had to take measures to halt the population explosion.
The government must take measures, he said, to halt the country's slide into recession.
The ever-increasing demand for private cars could be halted by more investment in public transport.
Building at the site was halted after human remains were unearthed earlier this month.
Even if all transmission between flocks was halted in 2000, the minimum size of the outbreak would be almost 300 farms.
It also halted publicity for aperitifs in newspapers, on the radio, and billboards.
At the moment, there are no indications that the downward slide could be halted.
