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Definition of suspended animation noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

suspended animation

noun

[uncountable]

1the state of being alive but not conscious or active Hibernating animals survive the winter in suspended animation.

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2a feeling that you cannot do anything because you are waiting for something to happen

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