grinds to a halt

When you push a new smart grid or AMS system live to meet deadlines, what if the system provides inaccurate data or grinds to a halt?

If the cash outflows exceed the inflows, the business RUNS OUT OF CASH and grinds to a halt.

Especially if the pessimists are correct and China's economy grinds to a halt.

It's raining apples! Traffic grinds to a halt as "mini tornado" dumps a hail of fruit.

Every escalator you step on immediately grinds to a halt.

Still, when the economy grinds to a halt, people clench their teeth.

No moon means we can't work out the exact density of the planet, so the whole thing grinds to a halt.

Everything grinds to a halt.

If too many people in one network cell tune in simultaneously, the network grinds to a halt.

If technological progress grinds to a halt, it will be because chaos has engulfed the world;

Guilin has a towering mountain sky style. grinds to a halt;

A worn-out bus grinds to a halt, slowly stops in the station