Synonyms: suspend
Definition: cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
Usage: suspend the particles
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
Usage: Suspend the aid to the war-torn country
Similar words: break, interrupt
Definition: terminate
Usage: She interrupted her pregnancy; break a lucky streak; break the cycle of poverty
Definition: make inoperative or stop
Usage: suspend payments on the loan
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: suspend
Definition: hang freely
Usage: The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them
Definition: cause to be hanging or suspended
Usage: Hang that picture on the wall
Definition: bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
Similar words: kick out, expel, throw out
Definition: force to leave or move out
Usage: He was expelled from his native country
Synonyms: suspend
Definition: render temporarily ineffective
Usage: the prison sentence was suspended
Similar words: remit, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, set back, shelve, defer, table, hold over
Definition: hold back to a later time
Usage: let's postpone the exam