An order from the division commander halted work on the defenses on 14 May without any further details.

In conscription, women have consideration time of six weeks, during which they have the choice to halt their service without any other specific reason.

Down by 3-1 at the start of the period, the Whalers scored three times to halt an eight-game streak without a victory.

The driver halted it without a word.

Police finally halted him without incident at a roadblock in Wharton County.

A total of 1,579 Palestinians were released on May 4 and 5, but Israel then halted the process without any explanation.

He tried to halt the proliferation of arms without first laying the necessary groundwork.

The allies balked and since then the focus has been on achieving a negotiated settlement to halt the fighting without outside military intervention.

He added, "They halted it without any hearing, without any rule making."

But many were skeptical that the peace would hold, and criticized their Government for halting the fighting without stronger guarantees against further attacks.