suspensions
Punishments barring attendance
Suspensions is the plural of suspension—the state of being suspended or something that has been suspended.
A vehicle's suspension is the system of springs and shock absorbers that cushions the ride.
A suspension from school or work is a temporary removal as punishment: Three students received suspensions for fighting.
In chemistry, a suspension is a mixture where particles float in liquid without dissolving.
A suspension bridge hangs from cables anchored at each end.
Stable dispersed mixture
- emulsionBlended immiscible liquids
- dispersionScattering across space
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
flocculation · coagulation · centrifugation · filtration · solute · solvent · surfactant · hydrophilic
Forced permanent removal
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- ineligibleNot meeting requirements
- misconductImproper professional behavior
reinstatement · appeal · probation · disqualification · violation · sanction · indefinite · temporary
Devices that reduce jolts
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
- dampersThings that restrain intensity
- strutsWalks with swagger
- airbagsCrash-activated vehicle cushions
ride · handling · stiffness · travel · rebound · compression · articulation · lift
Complete sudden stop
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- delayEnforced waiting period
- stoppageInterruption of flow
- hiatusBreak in activity
moratorium · cessation · standstill · temporary · reinstatement · lifting · pending · indefinite
Fine settled particles
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
aerosol · droplets · microbeads · plankton · algae · spores · motes · grit
Notes sounded simultaneously
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- tensionStretched or strained state
- dissonanceLack of harmony
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
cadence · dominant · seventh · ninth · eleventh · thirteenth · diminished · augmented
State of being submerged
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- narrativeAccount of events
- fictionImagined narrative work
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
cinema · theater · illusion · credulity · willingness · escapism · imagination · engagement
colloid
Stable dispersed mixture
- emulsionBlended immiscible liquids
- dispersionScattering across space
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
sedimentation · flocculation · coagulation · centrifugation · filtration · solute · solvent · surfactant · hydrophilic · hydrophobic
expulsion
Forced permanent removal
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- ineligibleNot meeting requirements
misconduct · reinstatement · appeal · probation · disqualification · violation · sanction · indefinite · temporary · review
shock absorbers
Devices that reduce jolts
airbags · ride · handling · stiffness · travel · rebound · compression · articulation · lift · lowered
halt
Complete sudden stop
hiatus · moratorium · cessation · standstill · temporary · reinstatement · lifting · pending · indefinite · adjournment
dust
Fine settled particles
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
ash · aerosol · droplets · microbeads · plankton · algae · spores · motes · grit · fibers
chord
Notes sounded simultaneously
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- tensionStretched or strained state
- dissonanceLack of harmony
harmony · cadence · dominant · seventh · ninth · eleventh · thirteenth · diminished · augmented · voicing
immersion
State of being submerged
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- narrativeAccount of events
- fictionImagined narrative work
fantasy · cinema · theater · illusion · credulity · willingness · escapism · imagination · engagement · spectacle
- sports scandalscheating, doping, match fixing, point shaving, PEDs
- school lifeschool, teacher, classroom, homework, grades
- chemicalschemicals, compounds, acids, reagents, solutions
- mixturesmix, mixture, blend, blending, amalgam
- off-roadingoff-road, 4x4s, ATVs, 4WD, four-wheel drive
- restrictionsban, bans, limits, limit, restrictions
suspensionscontinuations
Things that proceed onward
continuances · resumptions · extensions · perpetuations · completions
suspensionsexpulsions
Formal removals from membership
terminations · dismissals · firings · discharges · removals
suspensionsreinstatements
Returns to former positions
restorations · readmissions · reintegrations · admissions · inclusions
- suspension bridgesRoadways hung from cables
- school suspensionPunishment barring student attendance
- suspension of hostilitiesAgreed halt to combat
- license suspensionTemporary loss of driving rights
- temporary suspensionInterim cessation of activity
- car suspension