Five
Five noun - The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
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Nearby Word: fiver
Halt
Halt noun - A point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in.
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- Whenever one of the five powers was the cause of the issue, they could be quickly relied upon to grind the whole system to a halt.
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Possibly justified with Halt just rounding it off, because "twenty years ago" is easier to say than "twenty-five years ago".
Source: Continuity Snarl - After you've seen the same clip of an airplane approaching a carrier and bouncing to a halt four or five times, you know something's up when you see a different clip of an airplane starting its approach.
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