immediate halt

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandhalt

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immediate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/us
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
happening or done without delay or very soon after ...
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halt
noun[S]
uk
/hɒlt/us
/hɑːlt/
an occasion when something stops moving ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandhaltfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimmediate halt

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It demands animmediatehaltto the violence and early negotiations to find a political settlement to the crisis.
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I think animmediatehaltought to be called to taking any man off the land until we are certain that we can replace him.
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Without their services, the administration of justice in the criminal field would grind to animmediatehalt.
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We also know that there is no stopping it even in the event of animmediatehaltto the increase in greenhouse gas concentration.
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It requires animmediatehaltto provocation and violence in the streets, but also in the media and in public posturing.
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The phrase "myasthenia gravis" casually dropped during conversation is calculated to bring it to animmediatehalt.
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If animmediatehaltto the current cycle of violence is not achieved, the situation may spiral out of control, perhaps with irreversible consequences.
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Accordingly, we must call animmediatehaltto financing from structural funds projects that are at odds with objectives relating to environmental protection.
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In particular, could it not implement the demand which was made then for animmediatehaltto hostilities and the use of air strikes?
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I have a court order demanding animmediatehaltof this unauthorized imitation.
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The motor was not designed to come to animmediatehaltwhen power was disconnected, but instead would freewheel to a halt relatively slowly.
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He felt that no one could really sympathize with such a character and called for animmediatehaltin production.
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Accordingly, all conflict among family members was required to come to animmediatehalt.
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Design and other work on the great plaza came to animmediatehalt.
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He was still a bachelor and without a will, his large business legally had to come to animmediatehalt.
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We call for animmediatehaltto this violence.
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However, the stock market crash of 1929 put animmediatehaltto the plans.
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Warren demanded animmediatehaltto the entire cleanup operation.
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