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View synonyms for shut-off

shut-off

noun

  1. a device that shuts something off, esp a machine control
  2. a stoppage or cessation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to stem the flow of
  2. to block off the passage through
  3. to isolate or separate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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