to keep away from something or someone
- Similar:
- dodge
- Opposite:
- approach
Foundation level · Year 4 · free
halt
verb
to stop moving or make something stop
She did halt the game to fix the broken goal.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- stop
- cease
- pause
- break
- end
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- advance
- continue
- move
- proceed
- progress
More examples
- The hero would halt the attack in the tale.
- He tried to halt his team from arguing.
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