screeching/crashing halt
noun
: a sudden and complete end
The project came to a screeching/crashing halt.
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Just like that, the first trade war of the second Trump administration came to a screeching halt.
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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
Sadly, the Ferrari’s promising racing career came to a screeching halt when French gendarmes seized the car at the Paris Orly airport parking lot—something about a dispute between Monsieur Fayen and the French tax authorities.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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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
Sadly, the Ferrari’s promising racing career came to a screeching halt when French gendarmes seized the car at the Paris Orly airport parking lot—something about a dispute between Monsieur Fayen and the French tax authorities.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 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 1 Feb. 2025.
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