standstill

IPA: stˈændstɪɫ

noun

  • Complete immobility; halt.

stand still

IPA: stˈændstˈɪɫ

noun

  • Obsolete spelling of standstill [Complete immobility; halt.]

verb

  • (sometimes figurative) To stop moving, to remain motionless.
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Examples of "standstill" in Sentences

  • I like the idea of a standstill.
  • The situation goes to a standstill.
  • The bilateral relations standstill is in effect.
  • The Hartal took the country to a complete standstill.
  • The manufacturing of banduras has ground to a standstill.
  • Dr. Doomsday has fought the JLA to a standstill in the past.
  • Activities in the Netherlands came to a standstill during the war.
  • In the songs you mention, there is a standstill in the blues difference.
  • For the first two years, the competing archbishops fought to a standstill.
  • Eventually the object would come to a standstill at the center of the Earth.
  • And it would go up if the economy is brought to a standstill from the loss of undocumented labor.
  • Thanksgiving holiday with the announcement that Dubai World would seek a six-month "standstill" - effectively a delay - on repaying some of its debt.
  • Thanksgiving holiday with the announcement that Dubai World would seek a "standstill" - effectively a delay - on repaying some of its debts until at least May.
  • There is a brokered standstill -- in other words, they're just holding off until the end of the '06 season -- to figure out whether the Saints have their old contract back.
  • They both signed a so-called "standstill agreement," which prohibited them from making or publicly announcing bids for 18 months after the auction ended, according to court documents.
  • An announcement by Dubai's government on the eve of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday said Dubai World would seek a six-month "standstill" - effectively a delay - on repaying some of its $60 billion in debts.
  • Investors have speculated about a potential deal since September when the company signed a short-term standstill agreement with Elliott Associates LP, which forfeited its right to further build its stake in order to enter nonpublic talks with the company.

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