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

  • (..) (INDISTINCT CHATTER) OPERATOR: (ON SPEAKERS) John Wick, million. Open contract is now in effect. All services are suspended. (INDISTINCT CHATTER) (CELL PHONE CHIMING) And away we go. (CELL PHONES RINGING) (JOHN GRUNTS) (..)
    2019 John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
  • (..) They're worms. Once you go worm, that's what you'll yearn. - That's what they say. They just: - I've dated worse. They're suspended for stealing from duty-free. - We were framed. - Zed's wormophobic. - Kay! - You're back! (..)
    2002 Men in Black II
  • (..) continues to unfold. ... police came across this startling sight: A young woman, held hostage in a taxi... ... suspended stories above the ground... ... in what appears to be a giant web. Every attempt by the police to rescue the hostage... (..)
    2007 Spider-Man 3