Halt
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to stop either temporarily or permanently to cause something to stop to waver or be hesitant to proceed lamely to waver to falter
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A cessation, either temporary or permanent. A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. lameness; a limp. (used with a plural verb) lame people, esp. severely lamed ones (usually preceded by the)
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: lame
Example sentence: Surrealism was necessary - essential, even - in the 1920s to bridge the gap between rationalism and the subconscious. It started something important. But by the early '60s, it had become petit-bourgeois; it was too intellectual and romantic, and had ground to a halt. It had become respectable.
Stanch
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To stop the flow of.