# pauseWorld

`import { pauseWorld } from "destack:runtime";`

Pause one world.

```ds title="pauseWorld"
export declare function pauseWorld(world: WorldHandle): Result<void, HostError>
```

[language/library/src/runtime/control.ds:35](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/runtime/control.ds#L35)