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
Artaxerxes	-	Ancient Persian (Hellenized), History, Biblical
Maija	MIE-yah	Finnish
Lovre	-	Croatian
Stina	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Kenton	['kentn]
Janessa	jə-NES-ə	English (Modern)