suspend

[suh-spend] / səˈspɛnd /

VERB

hang from above

Synonyms

STRONG

append attach dangle depend sling swing wave

WEAK

be pendent hang down hang up hook up

Antonyms

STRONG

disjoin take away

WEAK

rise sustain

VERB

delay, hold off

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adjourn arrest bar cease defer discontinue eject exclude file halt interrupt postpone put off reject rule out shelve stay waive withhold

STRONG

can check debar eliminate hang inactivate intermit omit pigeonhole procrastinate prorogue protract retard

WEAK

break up count out cut short hang fire hang up hold up lay aside lay off lay on the table lay over pink slip put a stop to put an end to put on back burner put on hold put on ice put on the shelf stave off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept add advance allow begin carry on carry out continue do encourage expedite forge forward go include keep on release

WEAK

complete finish persist sustain

Example Sentences

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The regulator said Tuesday that it gave the electric-car maker 90 days to change its advertising before suspending its dealer license for 30 days.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sales were suspended for two months while Volkswagen fit plastic parts to narrow the row.

From The Wall Street Journal

The decision to suspend Shein's website in early November coincided with the company opening its first physical store in the French capital.

From BBC

In October, after similar incidents in Jharkhand, authorities suspended a lab assistant, the doctor in charge of the HIV unit and the chief surgeon of the state-run hospital involved.

From BBC

Twenty-three vehicles used on the exercise were already suspended for use due to the injuries, with the results of inspections on them to be published in the New Year.

From BBC

suspend

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