suspend

verb

1. 1

   cause to be held in suspension in a fluid

   suspend the particles

2. 2

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

   Suspend the aid to the war-torn country

3. 3

   make inoperative or stop

   suspend payments on the loan

4. 4

   hang freely

   The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them

5. 5

   bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

6. 6

   render temporarily ineffective

   the prison sentence was suspended