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standstill

[ stand-stil ]

/ ˈstændˌstɪl /

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noun

a state of cessation of movement or action; halt; stop: The ball rolled to a standstill.

Origin of standstill

First recorded in 1695–1705; noun use of verb phrase stand still

Words nearby standstill

standpat, standpatter, standpattism, standpipe, standpoint, standstill, standstill agreement, stane, stanford, stanford-binet scale, stanford-binet test

Example sentences from the Web for standstill

The heart was in standstill, hazy clots filling the ventricles.

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The business has ground to a standstill as hair suppliers in other parts of Ukraine are leery of coming to the capital.

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For now it is an industry consumed by accusation, fear, and disease even as a moratorium has brought business to a standstill.

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Reconstruction and new construction in Gaza is at a standstill.

Hamas-Egypt Tensions Take Toll On Gaza |Hussein Ibish |July 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

It imploded with the 1978–79 Winter of Discontent, when rampant trade-union militancy brought Britain to a standstill.

Margaret Thatcher Found Her Voice, and Transformed Britain |Bernard Donoughue |April 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The train came to a standstill, the coupling between the wrecked and the unwrecked portions remaining intact.

Down Under With the Prince |Everard Cotes
But the boy was able to look after himself now, for the vehicle was almost at a standstill, and the motorman had it under control.

Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars |Lester Chadwick
In such communities, however, the rural school need not be completely at a standstill.

New Ideals in Rural Schools |George Herbert Betts
New York almost came to a standstill as order and anarchy faced each other.

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People on the grandstand heard the sweet childish cry of joy and saw Dollie a moment after come to a standstill.

A Little Florida Lady |Dorothy C. Paine

British Dictionary definitions for standstill

standstill

/ (ˈstændˌstɪl) /

noun

a complete cessation of movement; stop; halt the car came to a standstill

Medical definitions for standstill

standstill

[ stănd′stĭl′ ]

n.

Complete cessation of activity or progress.

Idioms and Phrases with standstill

standstill

see come to a halt (standstill).