The Clue
Postpones (8 letter answer)
The Answer
SUSPENDS
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Notes
The answer SUSPENDS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
SUSPEND as a verb:
1. hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
2. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
3. (suspend, debar) = bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
4. (freeze, suspend) = stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
5. (suspend, set aside) = make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
6. render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"