Break and Suspense

Break

Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

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Suspense and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suspense" instead a noun "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Suspense noun - A state of temporary inactivity.

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Break and suspense are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a noun "Suspense".

Nearby Words: suspend, suspension, suspensive

emotional	emotional break	emotional suspense
good	good break	good suspense
high	high break	high suspense
fake	fake break	fake suspense
Other adjectives: true, actual, real, serious, little, major, psychological, classic.

A Cliffhanger that is set just before a commercial break, to ratchet up the suspense within the given episode.

Source: Commercial Break Cliffhanger
When the show returns from break, the suspense tends to be nothing as the situation is shown to be nothing major.

Source: Series / Hell's Kitchen
Cliffhanger: More often than not this happens in the Friday comic before the weekend break, leaving the reader in suspense until Monday.

Source: Webcomic / Avalon

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