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screeching halt

  • as instop
  • as infull stop
  • as inhalt
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Synonyms for screeching halt

noun end, halt; impediment
  • bar
  • block
  • break
  • conclusion
  • pause
  • barricade
  • blockade
  • cease
  • cessation
  • check
  • close
  • closing
  • control
  • cutoff
  • discontinuation
  • ending
  • fence
  • finish
  • freeze
  • hindrance
  • layoff
  • letup
  • lull
  • plug
  • roadblock
  • standstill
  • stay
  • stoppage
  • termination
  • wall
  • blank wall
  • break off
  • brick wall
  • desistance
  • grinding halt
  • screeching halt

Antonyms for screeching halt

  • continuation
  • advance
  • aid
  • assistance
  • beginning
  • commencement
  • go
  • help
  • initiation
  • introduction
  • opening
  • start
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to screeching halt

full stop

noun. complete stop
  • dead stop
  • decimal point
  • dot
  • full point
  • period
  • point
  • screeching halt

halt

noun. end, stoppage

stop

noun. end, halt; impediment

stops

noun. end, halt; impediment
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.