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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However, this gets an all-new rear suspension with leaf springs; that setup allows for a greater payload than a typical torsion beam axle.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
The Assembly proposal includes docking the bonus packages of not just the CEO, but other top executives, and extending the bonus suspension from one to two years, Bryan said.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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