shut down
Idioms-
See close down , def. 1.
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Stop or switch off machinery, as in They shut down all the machines for one week a year . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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Until now, Cernavodă had only been shut down once before in 2003.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Cernavoda plant, which usually generates a fifth of Romania's electricity, has been shut down just once before, in 2003, due to drought.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Many places on the river in and around Guerneville shut down November through early May because it gets cold and rainy and the river can run high and fast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“States can’t just shut down a federally licensed exchange,” Kalshi spokeswoman Elisabeth Diana said previously in response to the lawsuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The prince rambled on and on until he worked himself into so much excitement he literally shut down and fell asleep.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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