suspend

(verb) hang freely. Example: "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them."

(verb) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid. Example: "Suspend the particles."

(verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.. Synonyms: debar.

(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it. Synonyms: freeze. Example: "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country."

(verb) make inoperative or stop. Synonyms: set aside. Example: "Suspend payments on the loan."

(verb) render temporarily ineffective. Example: "The prison sentence was suspended."