shutdown
a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown;an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
Origin of shutdown
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How to use shutdown in a sentence
“I was really sexually inexperienced, really sexually shut down,” she explained.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau | Ian Frisch | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd so it was that the federal government did not shut down just when we all had visions of sugar plumbs dancing in our heads.
Human trials of the Ebola vaccine have been temporarily shut down due to adverse side effects.
Over the years, several MPs have alleged cover-ups or suggested that investigations were shut down by senior security officials.
Victim: I Watched British MPs Rape and Murder Young Boys | Nico Hines | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLast week members helped shut down the West Side Highway, a major roadway in New York.
Eric Garner Protesters Have a Direct Line to City Hall | Jacob Siegel | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Swift and straight she flew and suddenly Chet roared to Lance to shut down, and the propeller groaningly stopped.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonThen night came, and just after the darkness shut down the patrol craft returned, beating up along the winding river bed.
The Stars, My Brothers | Edmond HamiltonThe world's trade has been paralyzed; as a result, most of the stock exchanges of the world have had to shut down.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianHollister saw that he would be unable to extend his operations until deep snow shut down some of the northern camps that fall.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairAt last the maneuver was completed and the engines shut down to stand-by.
The Status Civilization | Robert Sheckley
British Dictionary definitions for shutdown
/ (ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn) /
the closing of a factory, shop, etc
(as modifier): shutdown costs
to cease or cause to cease operation
(tr) to close by lowering
(tr) (of fog) to descend and envelop
(intr; foll by on or upon) informal to put a stop to; clamp down on
(tr) to reduce the power level of (a nuclear reactor) to the lowest possible value
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Other Idioms and Phrases with shutdown
See close down, def. 1.
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