Crowd and Halt

Crowd

Crowd verb - To fit (people or things) into a tight space.

Halt and crowd are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Halt" instead a verb "Crowd".

Nearby Words: crowded, crowding

Halt

Halt verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.

Crowd and halt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crowd" instead a verb "Halt".

Nearby Words: halted, halting, haltingly

Common collocations

number crowd number halt number

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / Mahatma Gandhi When the violence of Partition broke out, Gandhi famously marched into Calcutta and managed to pacify and cajole the crowd to halt the violence while he was there.
  • Record Needle Scratch As they make a mad dash for what appears to be their dream home, they skid to halt (accompanied by the record scratch) once they see the massive crowd of animals waiting for Simba's presentation.
  • Recap / Merlin S 01 E 02 Valiant Trapping the rather ferocious dog in his room (and warning Gaius not to go in there), Merlin races out to the tournament grounds.The fight comes to a brief halt when Arthur knocks Valiant’s helmet off and wins himself a cheer from the crowd when he removes his own helmet to even the odds.
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