suspend
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(verb) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid, of particles, in chemistry |
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Related Words: alter, change, resuspend |
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(verb) make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan" |
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Synonyms: set aside |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them" |
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Related Words: dangle, hang, hang up |
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(verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. |
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Synonyms: debar |
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Related Words: expel, kick out, rusticate, send down, throw out |
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(verb) as of a prison sentence |
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Related Words: defer, hold over, postpone, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table |
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(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" |
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Synonyms: freeze |
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Related Words: break, interrupt |
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