brought to a standstill / quieted

simple past tense and past participle of still

Not moving; calm. / Not effervescing; not sparkling. / Uttering no sound; silent. / (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time

Without motion. / (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time. / (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs. / (conjunctive) Nevertheless.

A period of calm or silence. / (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage. / (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.

A device for distilling liquids. / (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee. / (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.

To calm down, to quiet.

(obsolete) To trickle, drip. / To cause to fall by drops. / To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

plural of stillness

The quality or state of being still. / Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.