The phrase
"abrupt halt" means to stop suddenly and unexpectedly.
Full definition
For whatever reason; she got cold feet, you said something stupid about her favorite band, or whiskey dick makes a sudden and embarrassing appearance, and instantly the night comes to a grinding,
smashing abrupt halt.
Nissan's system is more smartly executed than most — I was able to drive around a handling course at a good clip and not step on the brake pedal until the very end, when I needed to bring the vehicle to a
more abrupt halt than the 0.2 g rate of decel it allows for on its own.
Summer seems to have come to a
pretty abrupt halt here in the Greater Toronto Area this week with all the kids going back to school and the temps so cold that jacket and long pants are a MUST!
It's a user - friendly approach that is less likely to keep visitor on your site, rather than scrambling for the «back» button while their business meeting comes to
an abrupt halt.
The extensive data collection, however, came to
an abrupt halt after Cavicchia «went rogue,» collecting data on some of the bank's senior executives and sparking an internal scandal, the report said.
He shuffled them into his jeep, drove to a bridge, and then came to
an abrupt halt in the middle of it.
That way, if a conversation should come to
an abrupt halt, you can fill the silence with, «Hey, did you hear about...» or «Man, how about that...?»
«This refinery would still mean
an abrupt halt to the tanker moratorium, albeit with a different petroleum product transported along the province's treacherous coastline,» Horgan said.
Still, what is of interest to us here is not Bultmann the systematician, whose activities came to
an abrupt halt in any case with the rise of Marxism.
The up - and - coming hip - hop artist's career came to
an abrupt halt after a 1999 New York City nightclub shooting incident also involving rap impresario Sean «Diddy» Combs and his then - girlfriend, actress and singer Jennifer Lopez.
Norwegian goalkeeper Thomas Myhre's run as first choice keeper at Everton came to
an abrupt halt in 1999 when he broke his ankle in training while on duty with Norway's national side.
In 1954, West Bromwich Albion keeper Norman Heath's career came to
an abrupt halt following a collision with Sunderland's Ted Purdon.
A rejuvenated Spanish side — led by Real Madrid spark - plug Isco — fleeced the Italians in impressive fashion 3 - 0, putting
an abrupt halt to their 56 - game unbeaten run.
Leicester City's four game winning streak (wins against Spurs, Burnley, Newcastle and Southampton) was brought to
an abrupt halt as they suffered a 3 - 0 loss at the King Power Stadium to Crystal Palace over the weekend.
Rangers» rejuvenation under caretaker boss Graeme Murty came to
an abrupt halt with a 3 - 1 defeat by St Johnstone at Ibrox.
West Ham's mini-revival was brought to
an abrupt halt in the East Midlands on New Year's Eve and it will require one of those «obscene» performances to repeat last year's rousing victory in the final Boleyn encounter.
The public pursuit of Virgil van Dijk came to
an abrupt halt after Southampton alleged that Liverpool had tapped the player up.
Katy Livings creates treasured textile dolls and rabbits with the finest of details that are destined to become family heirlooms, but her career as a maker came to
an abrupt halt in 2004 when she was diagnosed with arthritis and gradually began to lose control of her hands.
Once the babies arrived, however, these supportive relationships came to
an abrupt halt, even though Parker and Nass knew the challenges for first - time moms were only just beginning.
«The two [Commission members] dismissed suggestions that the ending of Safe Harbor would bring
an abrupt halt to the trans - Atlantic transfer of personal data, pointing out that European legislation also provides for a number of other ways of guaranteeing the privacy of such data.»
The reason that our legislative agenda came to
an abrupt halt in 2010, is because Republicans took back control of the House of Representatives.
The incident caused
an abrupt halt of the show with several persons attending to Mzbel to ensure that she was unhurt.
It was therefore a sobering moment for the solar industry worldwide when the election of a conservative government in 2011 brought
an abrupt halt to subsidies for renewables across the board.
Howard Flight was Conservative Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs from 1997 until 2005, when his parliamentary career was brought to
an abrupt halt by the then party leader, Michael Howard, a few weeks before the general election.
Embattled Sen. Carl Kruger's once prolific fundraising came to
an abrupt halt after he was slapped with federal corruption charges in early March, according to the Brooklyn Democrat's July 15 filing with the state Board of Elections.
«Obviously, I'm frustrated today because I thought we were going to bring
an abrupt halt to this culture of corruption,» Loughran told colleagues on the floor.
The plan to convert a vacant and aged county - owned office building in Kingston into apartments for low - income seniors came to
an abrupt halt last week.
Plans are being laid to repair and replace damaged educational facilities, set up informal education spaces and rebuild research laboratories to salvage scientific research endeavors brought to
an abrupt halt.
I had some research going in my lab on the mechanisms of endothelial cell migration that came to
an abrupt halt for this reason.
My European tour came to
an abrupt halt when I accepted a position as marketing manager at Cell Media.
After about three minutes, the conversation comes to
an abrupt halt.
The previously freely moving electrons come to
an abrupt halt and the material loses its conducting properties.
Since these are materials that go into forming new stars, the star formation process comes to
an abrupt halt.»
The surface is usually approximated by a series of interlocking triangles, but the triangles often deform and collapse in simulations, leading to singularities that bring the simulation to
an abrupt halt, Garcke says.
The dating app put
an abrupt halt to the feud when they agreed to include Healthvana's locator on their site.
And, without continued overload of some variety, progress will come to
an abrupt halt as your body get used to the workouts and exercises.
After graduating from Creighton University School of Medicine in 2003, this once healthy and active lifestyle came to
an abrupt halt.
However, with Lyme disease and various overlapping conditions in the mix, often, our best - laid plans come to
an abrupt halt.
Yesterday, betting came to
an abrupt halt when it was widely believed Alexander McQueen creative director Sarah Burton was the most likely fashion designer to have created Meghan Markle's wedding dress.
It was a «sign'the de-stashing came to
an abrupt halt... let the sewing commence!
My outing with the girls came to
an abrupt halt when I got a text from Bret saying «call me ASAP.»
Gilford's booming career came to
an abrupt halt in the early 1950s, when he and his actress wife Madeline Lee were blacklisted for allegedly harboring «leftist» views.
Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married, are preparing for their annual ball when festivities are brought to
an abrupt halt.
In many ways, it felt like production was moving along briskly before things were put to
an abrupt halt.