bring+to+a+standstill
91jam — I 1. verb 1) he jammed a finger in each ear Syn: stuff, shove, force, ram, thrust, press, push, stick, squeeze, cram 2) hundreds of people jammed into the hall Syn: crowd …
92obstruct — verb 1) ensure that the air vents are not obstructed Syn: block (up), clog (up), get in the way of, jam (up), cut off, shut off, bung up, choke, dam up; barricade, bar; technical occlude Ant: clear 2) …
93arrest — v 1. seize, take into custody, apprehend, haul in, Inf. pick up, Inf. nab, Inf. pinch, Sl. bust, Sl. nail, Sl. run in, put the arm on [s.o.]; capture, catch, detain; hold, secure, collar; take prisoner, imprison, jail, incarcerate. 2. attract,… …
94becalm — v (all of sailing vessels) stop, halt, stall, bring to a standstill; take the wind out of one s sails. because, conj. 1. since, as, whereas, inasmuch as, forasmuch as; due to the fact that, in view of the fact that, seeing that. adv 2. on account …
95obstruct — v 1. block, barricade, plug up, dam up, clog, oppiliate; choke off, shut off, foreclose, ban, debar; stop, prohibit, forbid, preclude, prevent; arrest, check, halt, abort, bring to a standstill. 2. hinder, hamper, impede, interfere, interrupt,… …
96stifle — v 1. smother, suffocate, asphyxiate, choke; strangle, burke, garrotte, throttle, Sl. scrag. 2. check, restrain, hold back, keep back, control, limit, circumscribe, restrict; prevent, preclude, make impossible; curb, repress, constrain, contain,… …
97cripple — verb 1) the accident crippled her Syn: disable, paralyse, immobilize, incapacitate, handicap 2) the company had been crippled by the recession Syn: damage, weaken, hamper, paralyse, ruin …
98obstruct — verb 1) ensure that vents are not obstructed Syn: block (up), clog (up), occlude, cut off, bung up, choke, dam up 2) he was obstructing the traffic Syn: hold up, bring to a standstill, stop …
99stalemate — stale•mate [[t]ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt[/t]] n. v. mat•ed, mat•ing 1) a situation in which no action can be taken or progress made; deadlock 2) chs a position of the pieces on a chessboard in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot… …
100arrest — /əˈrɛst / (say uh rest) verb (t) 1. to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant. 2. to capture; seize. 3. to catch and fix: to arrest the attention. 4. to bring to a standstill; stop; check: to arrest the current of a river. 5. Medicine to… …
