shut down

1. See close down , def. 1.

2. Stop or switch off machinery, as in They shut down all the machines for one week a year . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

“I was really sexually inexperienced, really sexually shut down,” she explained.

From The Daily Beast

And so it was that the federal government did not shut down just when we all had visions of sugar plumbs dancing in our heads.

From The Daily Beast

Human trials of the Ebola vaccine have been temporarily shut down due to adverse side effects.

From The Daily Beast

Over the years, several MPs have alleged cover-ups or suggested that investigations were shut down by senior security officials.

From The Daily Beast

Last week members helped shut down the West Side Highway, a major roadway in New York.

From The Daily Beast

Swift and straight she flew and suddenly Chet roared to Lance to shut down, and the propeller groaningly stopped.

From Project Gutenberg

Then night came, and just after the darkness shut down the patrol craft returned, beating up along the winding river bed.

From Project Gutenberg

The world's trade has been paralyzed; as a result, most of the stock exchanges of the world have had to shut down.

From Project Gutenberg

Hollister saw that he would be unable to extend his operations until deep snow shut down some of the northern camps that fall.

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At last the maneuver was completed and the engines shut down to stand-by.

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