suspend

Definition

  • verb: to force (someone) to leave a job, position, or place for a usually short period of time as a form of punishment
  • verb: to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
  • usually used as '(be) suspended'
  • synonyms: intermit, stay, hinder

Examples

  • The plot is ridiculous, but if you can 'suspend (your) disbelief' [=allow yourself to believe that something is true even though it seems impossible], it's an enjoyable movie.

  • a wire 'suspended between' two poles [=hung so that it is attached at each end to a pole]

  • The police officers were 'suspended' without pay for their conduct.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Have the nuclear launch codes been switched? - Yes, and new codes are active. - The stock market's collapsing. Travis, I need you to suspend trading immediately. And there's gonna be a run on the banks, so close them now. - You guys good? - Yes, sir. Don't mess it up. (..)
    2013 White House Down