shut-off

noun

1. a device that shuts something off, esp a machine control
2. a stoppage or cessation

verb

1. to stem the flow of
2. to block off the passage through
3. to isolate or separate

Example Sentences

It was a huge step for Rick, who had become increasingly shut-off from feelings of sympathy.

From The Daily Beast

But the shut-off proved to be short lived and by 2002 Pakistan was already providing sanctuary for Mullah Omar.

From The Daily Beast

A shut-off valve was fitted in each of the eduction pipes leading to the condensers.

From Project Gutenberg

Matt flung down the can, adjusted the needle-valve of the gasoline shut-off which he had found out of order, and tried the motor.

From Project Gutenberg

The jar of its fall had closed the gasoline shut-off, and he picked the machine out of the dust and once more got into the seat.

From Project Gutenberg

The shut-off valve at the top of the device is interposed between the sediment cup and the carburetor.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a glorious night of early summer, yet lightning struck in that little shut-off section of the hotel.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cloistered
• deserted
• hidden
• lonely
• quiet
• remote
• uninhabited