suspend

verb

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