abrupt, sudden
The bus came to an abrupt halt outside the school.

crashing, grinding, screeching, shuddering
The strike brought the capital city to a grinding halt.
The plan suddenly came to a screeching halt.

complete, dead
immediate
temporary
virtual

come to, draw to, grind to, lurch to, screech to, shudder to, skid to, slide to
The economy seems to be grinding to a halt.
The car skidded to a halt just inches from the river.

bring sth to, put
Production was brought to a temporary halt when power supplies failed.
enough jobs to put a halt to emigration

call
Scientists have decided to call a halt to the tests.

call for, demand
order
They have ordered a halt to local elections.

halt in
a halt in nuclear testing

halt to
The protesters are calling for a halt to the export of live animals.

virtually
effectively
The strike effectively halted production at the factory.

abruptly, immediately, suddenly
All these ideas for expansion were abruptly halted by the outbreak of war.

briefly, temporarily
finally

attempt to, try to
threaten to
fail to
We are failing to halt the destruction of the rainforest.

halt in your tracks
A sudden shout made them halt in their tracks and look around.

halt sth in its tracks
The project has been halted in its tracks by this intervention.

Halt is used with these nouns as the subject:
footstep, train

Halt is used with these nouns as the object:
advance, bloodshed, decline, development, execution, expansion, fighting, flow, import, march, movement, practice, proceedings, production, progress, progression, sale, shipment, slide, spiral, spread, trend, trial, work