suspend

hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"

cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"

bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"

render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"