Halt and Start

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Halt verb – Come to a halt, stop moving.

Start is an antonym for halt in topics: stop, end.

Nearby Words: halted, halting, haltingly

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Start verb – To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.

Usage example: started the impressionist movement in art

Halt is an antonym for start in begin topic.

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

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brief	brief halt	brief start
complete	complete halt	complete start
dead	dead halt	dead start
awkward	awkward halt	awkward start
Other adjectives: abrupt, quick, literal, sudden.

rampage	halt rampage	start rampage
work	halt work	start work
attack	halt attack	start attack
match	halt match	start match
Other nouns: process, plot, show, apocalypse, battle, brawl, invasion, war.

It pauses in the air long enough for the music to start wobbling to a halt, then it plummets along with all the goblins.

Source: Letting the Air Out of the Band
The festivities come to a sudden halt when the Nightstalkers crash the party and start causing havoc.

Source: Dances and Balls
Around this time, we start to see the often exaggerated and mythical "dark ages" in which supposedly scientific advancement, social advancement, and learning came to a crushing halt.

Source: The Low Middle Ages

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