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shut-off
noun
- a device that shuts something off, esp a machine control
- a stoppage or cessation
verb
- to stem the flow of
- to block off the passage through
- to isolate or separate
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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