quiesce
Verb
Meaning
To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
hush
quiet
pipe down
quieten
quiet down
still
rest
suspended
calm
cease
suspend
chill
pacify
lull
soothe
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The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
Remember to quiesce memory when taking snapshots with VMWare to ensure memory cache's are flushed to disk and to avoid any corruption.
These characteristics eliminate the need for a complex application quiesce at time of cutover.