bring to a halt

bring someone or something to a halt

to cause someone or something to stop immediately. The explosion brought the lecture to a halt. I brought the visitor to a halt at the front gate.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Despoina	-	Greek Mythology, Greek
Halim	-	Arabic
Halle (1)	-	Norwegian
Viktoriya	veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Shanti	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Iiris	-	Finnish