suspend

Verb
  1. Hang freely (synset 201483784)
    "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
    is a type of: hang, hang up - cause to be hanging or suspended
    subtypes: dangle - cause to dangle or hang freely
  2. Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid (synset 200148583)
    "suspend the particles"
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes: resuspend - put back into suspension
  3. Bar temporarily;
    From school, office, etc. (synset 202507686)
    entail: penalise, penalize, punish - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
    is a type of: expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out
    subtypes: rusticate, send down - suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
    same as: debar
  4. Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it (synset 200364146)
    "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
    is a type of: break, interrupt - terminate
    same as: freeze
  5. Make inoperative or stop (synset 200543748)
    "suspend payments on the loan"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: set aside
  6. Render temporarily ineffective (synset 202649824)
    "the prison sentence was suspended"
    is a type of: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table - hold back to a later time

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