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Synonyms for suspended animation


Grammar : Noun



Définition of suspended animation

  • noun temporary slowdown of functions
Example sentences :
  • They have been put in a temporary state of suspended animation.
  • Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
  • Sylvia felt, in a way, as if she were in a state of suspended animation.
  • Extract from : « The Candidate » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
  • I have seen several cases of suspended animation, but nothin like this.
  • Extract from : « Friar Tuck » by Robert Alexander Wason
  • The policemen shivered out of their state of suspended animation.
  • Extract from : « The Wolf Cub » by Patrick Casey
  • “Only a case of suspended animation, my man,” said the doctor, calmly.
  • Extract from : « Seven Frozen Sailors » by George Manville Fenn
  • The camp might be said to be in a state of suspended animation.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Girls in the Mountains » by Margaret Penrose
  • The beat of a drum, for instance, has had a very beneficial effect upon persons in a state of suspended animation.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • When you fall into a comatose condition they call it suspended animation.
  • Extract from : « The Doors of Death » by Arthur B. Waltermire
  • The man of medicine said it was only a question of suspended animation.
  • Extract from : « Kidnapped at the Altar » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • The whole world seemed to be in a state of suspended animation.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Web » by Anthony Partridge

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