Stopped moving or stopped doing something; came to a complete standstill.
From German 'halt' (stop), which entered English through military terminology in the 1500s. Originally a command given to soldiers or horses to make them stop.
The word 'halt' became especially common in military contexts because soldiers needed a sharp, one-syllable command that was impossible to misunderstand in battle noise—it literally had to cut through chaos!
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