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suspend
(s/@/'sp/E/nd )

verb (v)

  • hang freely(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them.
    Synonym:
    dangle, drop, swing
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to be held in suspension in a fluid(verb.change)
    Example:
    Suspend the particles.
    source: wordnet30
  • bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    debar
    source: wordnet30
  • stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it(verb.change)
    Example:
    Suspend the aid to the war-torn country.
    Synonym:
    freeze
    source: wordnet30
  • make inoperative or stop(verb.change)
    Example:
    Suspend payments on the loan.
    Synonym:
    set aside
    source: wordnet30
  • render temporarily ineffective(verb.stative)
    Example:
    The prison sentence was suspended.
    source: wordnet30
  • To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).(verb)
    source: webster1913
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