screeching/crashing halt

noun

: a sudden and complete end
The project came to a screeching/crashing halt.

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Knowing that, did Probst hesitate to accept the more than generous offer out of worry that this season's run of blindsides could come to a crashing halt without SITDs in the game? Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024 Just like that, the first trade war of the second Trump administration came to a screeching halt. William Gavin, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2025 In the years after his Harlem trilogy, Cooper’s output seemingly came to a screeching halt. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025 The service industry, which employs housekeepers, drivers, landscapers, and small business owners, has come to a screeching halt. John Hope Bryant, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for screeching/crashing halt 

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“Screeching/crashing halt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screeching%2Fcrashing%20halt. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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