Suspend

Verb1.suspend - hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
hang, hang up - cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall"
dangle - cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"
2.suspend - cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
resuspend - put back into suspension; "resuspend particles"
3.suspend - bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
send down, rusticate - suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
4.suspend - stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
break, interrupt - terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
5.suspend - make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
6.suspend - as of a prison sentence
postpone, prorogue, put off, defer, set back, shelve, table, put over, remit, hold over - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"

 

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