suspend
verb
hang freely
“The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them”
cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
“suspend the particles”
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
Synonymsdebarstop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
“Suspend the aid to the war-torn country”
Synonymsfreezemake inoperative or stop
“suspend payments on the loan”
Synonymsset asiderender temporarily ineffective
“the prison sentence was suspended”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University
