Suspend

/səsˈpɛnd/

Synonyms for "suspend" (288 found)

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kick upstairslay asidelay bylay offlay overlet golet outliquidatemake redundantmake voidnullifyoustoverrideoverruleoverthrowpensionpension offpigeonholepostponeprocrastinate
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prolongprorogateprorogueprotractpurgepurge awaypush asideput asideput offput on iceput upread out ofrecallrecantrecessrejectreleaseremoveremove from officerenegerepealreplacereprieverescindreserveretireretractreverserevokerule outsackseparate forciblyset asideset bysevershelveshift offshutsleep onslingsnap the threadstallstand overstave offstaystopstretch outstringstripstrip of officestrip of ranksuperannuatesurplusswingtabletake a breaktake a recessturn offturn outunchurchuncrownunfrockunsaddleunseatunthronevacatevoidwaivewithdrawwithholdwrite off
Noun(27 words)
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state of stasisstay positionstaysstopsstringstollingtolling statute of limitations
Adjective(4 words)

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26 entries

Showing 16 of 26 words.

More specific

4 entries
operational suspensionpolicy suspensionstayed proceedingstentative ruling

Collocations

6 entries
policy suspensionsuspension of accountsuspension of licensesuspension of operationssuspension of policysuspension period

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

6 entries

Translations

6 translations across 4 languages.

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Dutch

1 entries
  • suspenderen verb (to create a suspension)

Finnish

2 entries
  • liettää verb (to create a suspension)
  • suspendoida verb (to create a suspension)

French

2 entries
  • mettre en suspension verb (to create a suspension)
  • suspendre verb (to create a suspension)

German

1 entries
  • suspendieren verb (to create a suspension)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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Philosophy teaches us to feel uncertain about the things that seem to us self-evident. Propaganda, on the other hand, teaches us to accept as self-evident matters about which it would be reasonable to suspend our judgment or to feel doubt.

Source: tatoeba (690953)

O time, suspend your flight!

Source: tatoeba (1548587)

O time, suspend your flight! and you, happy hours, suspend your race: let us savor the fleeting delights of our fairest days!

Source: tatoeba (1548590)

Among so many actions committed by dictators, we can mention that: they suspend political activity, they suspend the rights of workers, they forbid strikes, they destroy the Supreme Court of Justice, they shutdown nighttime places of business, they censor the mass media, they burn thousands of books and magazines considered dangerous.

Source: tatoeba (2512980)

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