suspend vs suspend proceedings

suspend

verb
  • To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid. 

  • To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event. 

  • To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel. 

  • To hold in an undetermined or undecided state. 

  • To hang freely; underhang. 

  • To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. 

  • To halt something temporarily. 

  • To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc. 

suspend proceedings

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