to call a halt to fighting
1halt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ abrupt, sudden ▪ The bus came to an abrupt halt outside the school. ▪ crashing, grinding, screeching, shuddering …
2halt — halt1 [ hɔlt ] noun singular * a temporary or permanent stop in a process: halt to: He has appealed for a halt to the fighting. halt in: an unforeseen halt in road construction a. a temporary or permanent stop in movement: bring something to a… …
3halt — I UK [hɔːlt] / US [hɔlt] noun [singular] * a) a temporary or permanent stop in a process halt to: He has appealed for a halt to the fighting. halt in: an unforeseen halt in road construction b) a temporary or permanent stop in movement bring… …
4halt — [hɔːlt] noun [singular] I the fact that something stops moving or stops happening The taxi came to a halt outside his front door.[/ex] Traffic was brought to a halt (= stopped) by the demonstration.[/ex] He has appealed for a halt to the fighting …
5France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
6Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
72008 Nord-Kivu campaign — Part of the Kivu conflict of the Second Congo War Villagers fleeing from a Kibati village …
8Walter Model — Nickname Hitler s fireman, Frontline Pig Born …
9Sudan, The — officially Republic of the Sudan Country, North Africa. Area: 966,757 sq mi (2,503,890 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 37,090,000. Capital: Khartoum. Muslim Arab ethnic groups live in the northern and central two thirds of the country, while… …
10Military parade — The Grenadier Guards on parade outside Buckingham Palace, London …
