Explain and Halt

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Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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

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

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

Nearby Words: halted, halting, haltingly

power	explain power	halt power
change	explain change	halt change
plot	explain plot	halt plot
death	explain death	halt death
Other words: plan, bit, actions, plans.

They even put a halt to the narrative to break the fourth wall and explain the practice midway through the film, just to get you thinking about it.

Source: Freeze Frame Bonus / Live-Action Films
Ponder is trying to explain to the aforementioned god why things don't work in ones, and how babies could be made, but the conversation screeches to a halt when the topic of sex is broached.

Source: What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?
Dubbed the "Schwarzwelt", this phenomenon swallows up everything it touches, and all attempts to analyse or explain it end in failure, as do attempts to halt its advance.With no other option, the U.N.

Source: Video Game / Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

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