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Synonyms for suspend

Verb

1. suspend, hang, hang up
usage: hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
2. suspend, change, alter, modify
usage: cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
3. suspend, debar, expel, throw out, kick out
usage: bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
4. freeze, suspend, interrupt, break
usage: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
5. suspend, set aside, change, alter, modify
usage: make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
6. suspend, postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
usage: as of a prison sentence
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