screeching/crashing halt
noun
: a sudden and complete end
The project came to a screeching/crashing halt.
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In both games, the Rockets defended well, but in both contests, their offense came to a screeching halt.
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Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
But Tucker’s life in the fast lane — complete with luxury homes, a Lear jet, and a fleet of Ferraris and Porsches — came to a screeching halt.
—Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2024
That’s because Trump’s tariff and mass deportation policies could drive inflation higher, bringing the Fed’s rate-cutting campaign to a screeching halt.
—Elisabeth Buchwald and David Goldman, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Aside from nurses, doctors, grocery workers and truck drivers, there are plenty of other workers most couldn’t live without—plumbers, electricians, construction workers and other service personnel kept going when the rest of the world came to a screeching halt.
—Peter Ross, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
But Tucker’s life in the fast lane — complete with luxury homes, a Lear jet, and a fleet of Ferraris and Porsches — came to a screeching halt.
—Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 23 Dec. 2024
That’s because Trump’s tariff and mass deportation policies could drive inflation higher, bringing the Fed’s rate-cutting campaign to a screeching halt.
—Elisabeth Buchwald and David Goldman, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Aside from nurses, doctors, grocery workers and truck drivers, there are plenty of other workers most couldn’t live without—plumbers, electricians, construction workers and other service personnel kept going when the rest of the world came to a screeching halt.
—Peter Ross, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Screeching/crashing halt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screeching%2Fcrashing%20halt. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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