standstill

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Noun

standstill

1. complete immobility; halt

   The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.

   • 2012, James C. Spohrer, ‎Louis E. Freund, Advances in the Human Side of Service Engineering ↗

     For the caller the advantage relies on a fast solution of his service request, leading to less standstill and non-productive periods for the service customer.

Synonyms

• deadlock
• grind
• halt
• idle
• impasse

Antonyms

• motion
• movement

Translations

• French: arrêt, immobilisation, paralysie, surplace
• German: Stillstand
• Italian: fermata, blocco, fermo, arresto, punto morto, stallo, vicolo cieco, stasi, stanca
• Portuguese: paralisação
• Russian: остано́вка
• Spanish: parada

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