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
Hyder	-	Arabic
Yoni	-	Hebrew
Meliton	-	Ancient Greek, Georgian
Tri	TREE	Indonesian
Ruut	ROO:T	Finnish
Mathilda	mə-TIL-də (English, Swedish)	English, Swedish, Ancient Germanic