Suspend vs. Expelled

Suspend vs. Expelled — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Suspend and Expelled

Suspendverb

To halt something temporarily.

The meeting was suspended for lunch.

Expelledverb

simple past tense and past participle of expel

Suspendverb

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.

to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief

Suspendverb

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

to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program

Suspendverb

To hang freely; underhang.

to suspend a ball by a thread

Suspendverb

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

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Suspendverb

(obsolete) To make to depend.

Suspendverb

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

to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club

Suspendverb

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

Suspendverb

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

Suspendverb

hang freely;

The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them

Suspendverb

cause to be held in suspension in a fluid;

suspend the particles
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Suspendverb

bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Suspendverb

stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;

Suspend the aid to the war-torn country

Suspendverb

make inoperative or stop;

suspend payments on the loan

Suspendverb

as of a prison sentence