suspended animation
a state of temporary cessation of the vital functions.
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How to use suspended animation in a sentence
When conditions get tough, some tiny animals enter suspended animation and wait it out.
Tiny animals survive 24,000 years in suspended animation | Alison Pearce Stevens | September 6, 2021 | Science News For StudentsScientists have long worried about the potential for massive amounts of carbon being released by northern permafrost, where ancient plant remains lie in a kind of suspended animation beneath the surface.
An enormous missing contribution to global warming may have been right under our feet | Chris Mooney | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostAfter freezing Hypsibius dujardini tardigrades to put them in a state of suspended animation, Traspas Muiña and planetary scientist Mark Burchell of the University of Kent in England loaded the dormant water bears into nylon bullets.
Even hard-to-kill tardigrades can’t always survive being shot out of a gun | Maria Temming | June 2, 2021 | Science NewsIn a state akin to suspended animation, the squirrels breathe just once a minute, and their hearts beat five times per minute.
These Arctic squirrels recycle bits of their own bodies to survive winter | Carolyn Wilke | December 16, 2020 | Science NewsThe treacherously cold water can actually send a person into a state of suspended animation.
As for Ready for Hillary, it now survives in a sort of suspended animation.
Team Clinton Prepares for the Other Side of If | David Freedlander | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWananda did not kill her, but placed her in suspended animation within the protective crystal plastic.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellThere was but one creature, and he was lying perfectly still, either in a state of suspended animation or else of death.
The Jameson Satellite | Neil Ronald JonesAs far as Bart knew, no human being had ever survived warp-drive except in the suspended animation which they called cold-sleep.
The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyThe policemen shivered out of their state of suspended animation.
The Wolf Cub | Patrick CaseyIn cases of suspended animation from hanging, the assistance must be prompt and energetic.
British Dictionary definitions for suspended animation
a temporary cessation of the vital functions, as by freezing an organism
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