"suspending" in the verb sense
1. suspend
hang freely
"The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
2. suspend
cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
"suspend the particles"
3. suspend, debar
bar temporarily from school, office, etc.
4. freeze, suspend
stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
"Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
5. suspend, set aside
make inoperative or stop
"suspend payments on the loan"
6. suspend
render temporarily ineffective
"the prison sentence was suspended"
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