SUSPENDED ANIMATION Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

suspended animation

noun

as in suspension

a state of temporary inactivity the husband's feeling that their love life was in suspended animation while his wife lavished all her attention on the new baby

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Recent Examples of suspended animation Where were the flying cars, suspended animation, immortality drugs, androids, and colonies on Mars? — Literary Hub, 12 Nov. 2025 Tessier, meanwhile, focuses exclusively on applying the science of hibernation and suspended animation to organs that are being held for transplantation, to prevent them from being injured in the process. — Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 22 July 2024 One solution long championed by science fiction is suspended animation, or putting humans in a hibernation-like sleep for the duration of travel time. — CNN, 28 Dec. 2020

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The dropping/suspension was the beginning of the end, or at least the most public manifestation of the beginning of the end.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Bonnell appears to be treating software as another part of the motorcycle's suspension system and something that can be adjusted to suit the rider’s preferences, skill, and terrain.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026

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