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suspend

v.

To debar
reject, exclude, omit; see bar 2, eject 1, refuse.
To cease temporarily
postpone, defer, put off, discontinue, adjourn, interrupt, shelve, pigeonhole, table, put aside, set aside, hold off, delay, procrastinate, waive, take a break, recess, prorogue, dissolve, break off, cease, halt, check, stay, stave off, intermit, lay over, keep pending, hold in abeyance, keep in abeyance, put on hold, put on the back burner, put on ice, put on the shelf, back-burner*.
Antonyms continue*, carry on, expedite.
To hang
dangle, swing, wave; see hang 2.
To cause to hang
hang up, swing, hook up; see hang 1. See syn. study at exclude.

suspend denotes the breaking off of proceedings, privileges, etc. for a time, sometimes for such an indefinite time as to suggest cancellation to suspend train service, to suspend a sentence; postpone implies the intentional delaying of an action or event until a later time; adjourn is applied to the action of a deliberative body in bringing a session to a close, with the intention of resuming at a later time; prorogue applies esp. to the formal dismissal of the British Parliament by the crown, subject to reassembly; to dissolve an assembly is to terminate it as constituted, so that an election must be held to reconstitute it

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Another word for suspend

verb

To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship:
break off, cease, discontinue, interrupt, terminate. See continue
To put off until a later time:
adjourn, defer¹, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, stay¹, table, waive. (Informal) wait. Idiom: put on ice. See do
To fasten or be fastened at one point with no support from below:
dangle, depend, hang, sling, swing. See hang