Another word for suspend
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Verb
To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship
See also:To put off until a later time
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Another word for suspend
Verb
To cease temporarily
Synonym Study
- To dissolve an assembly is to terminate it as constituted, so that an election must be held to reconstitute it
- Prorogue applies esp. to the formal dismissal of the British Parliament by the crown, subject to reassembly
- 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
- Postpone implies the intentional delaying of an action or event until a later time
- 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
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