call a halt to something

The police were starting forward, calling to him to halt.

He scanned the empty room and called for the others to halt.

But the soldier had stopped and was calling for Max to halt.

"We were on our way back when three of the Seelie called for us to halt, and talk to them."

Tarlok pulled off too, and called for the others to halt.

Voices called for them to halt, and they did.

At our approach they sprang to their feet, called to us to halt, then yelled to someone inside the tents.

Units of the 2nd Special Forces were called in to halt this attack.

A number of important environmental activists appeared at a rally calling on the government to halt logging in the area.

Pulling up with a jerk Gregory raised his rifle and called on him to halt.