Delayed
Suspended
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sluggish and delayed
- sluggish and suspended
- inactive and delayed
- inactive and suspended
- adjourned and delayed
- adjourned and suspended
- deferred and delayed
- deferred and suspended
- put off and delayed
- put off and suspended
- discontinued and delayed
- discontinued and suspended
- shelved and delayed
- shelved and suspended
Both words in one sentence
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Fit the Twelfth, has a spaceship that has automatically delayed its departure until it can restock itself with lemon-soaked paper napkins, keeping its passengers in "temporary suspended animation" for the indefinite time being.
Source: Absurdly Dedicated Worker -
Ironically, in the Post-Crisis comics Kara was born earlier and she expected to raise her baby cousin when she arrived on Earth, but her ship was delayed and she put in suspended animation, and when she crash-landed on Earth, Kal was nearly twice his age. Punctuated!
Source: Comicbook / Supergirl -
Ironically, in the Post-Crisis comics Kara was born earlier and she expected to raise her baby cousin when she arrived on Earth, but her ship was delayed and she put in suspended animation, and when she crash-landed on Earth, Kal was nearly twice his age.
Source: Franchise / Superman
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