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suspend

sus·pend

UK/səsˈpɛnd/ US/sʌˈspɛnd/ fairly common

verb

1.

hang freely

  • “The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them”
2.

express as a round number

  • “round off the amount”
3.

bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

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4.

stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

  • “Suspend the aid to the war-torn country”
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5.

make inoperative or stop

  • “suspend payments on the loan”
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6.

as of a prison sentence

Origin

From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.

Phrases

  • suspend one's disbelief

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