The Russians curbed inflation at the start of the war quite effectively ... by raising interest rates to 20%.
And confiscating hard currency and implementing capital controls.
Some countries implemented capital controls in the crisis. Some haircut depositors, which is akin to (but still quite distinct from) seizure. Neither happened in America.
Now they could completely fail at bootstrapping those things, which yes, it will definitely grind to a halt. But any day now for the past 60-70 years Cuba was supposed to grind to a halt and well, they are still chugging a long. Maybe with lawn mower engines in their cars, but they still manage to get to point a from point b without walking.