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Verb halt has 4 senses
- halt, hold, arrest - cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
--1 is one way to stop
Sample sentence:
They halt the animals
- stop, halt - come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
Sample sentences:
These cars won't halt
They halt the animals
- stop, halt, block, kibosh - stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
--3 is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- stem, stanch, staunch, halt - stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"
--4 is one way to check
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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