stop (someone) dead

To make someone or something come to a complete halt immediately or very suddenly. Hearing the gunshot in the distance stopped us both dead. Boy, Samantha could stop you dead with her smile!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Donatus	-	Late Roman
SiÔR	SHOR	Welsh
Ayler	['eilə]
India	IN-dee-ə	English
Serafina	se-rah-FEE-nah (Polish)	Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish
Julie	zhuy-LEE (French), YOO-lee-e (Danish), YUW-lye (Czech), JOO-lee (English)	French, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese