Dictionary Check: suspend

"suspend" is a valid word!

Scrabble 10 points
Words with Friends 13 points

Definition

verb

hang freely

Example: "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
verb

cause to be held in suspension in a fluid

Example: "suspend the particles"
verb

bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

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verb

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

Example: "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
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verb

make inoperative or stop

Example: "suspend payments on the loan"
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verb

render temporarily ineffective

Example: "the prison sentence was suspended"

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