Halt
Halt noun - A point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in.
Workings
Workings noun - The characteristic peculiarities and technicalities of something.
Both words in one sentence
- Tom Baker's final episode of Doctor Who saw the Master "temporarily" halt the workings of the planet Logopolis in order to find out what the inhabitants were up to.
Source: Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds
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