Synonyms: stop, discontinue, end, lift, prorogue, quell, staunch, cease, abate
Conjugation
| Indicative mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) halt | (I) halted |
| (thou) haltest | (thou) haltedst |
| (he) halts, halteth | (he) halted |
| (we) halt | (we) halted |
| (you) halt | (you) halted |
| (they) halt | (they) halted |
| Subjunctive mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) halt | (I) halted |
| (thou) halt | (thou) halted |
| (he) halt | (he) halted |
| (we) halt | (we) halted |
| (you) halt | (you) halted |
| (they) halt | (they) halted |
| Imperative mood |
|---|
| halt |
| Participles |
|---|
| Present participle | Past participle |
|---|
| halting | halted |
In other words, Trump has narrowed the trade deficit with China by halting trade altogether, a cataclysmic option that could deeply scar the US economy.