suspend
/səspˈɛnd/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
verb
- hang freely
“The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them” - cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
“suspend the particles” - bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
“Suspend the aid to the war-torn country” - make inoperative or stop
“suspend payments on the loan” - render temporarily ineffective
“the prison sentence was suspended”
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