shutdown
[shuht-doun]
- a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
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Origin of shutdown
1855–60, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase shut down
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He added, "I have not had this many phone calls since the shutdown of the government, truthfully."
They added that the shutdown was temporary and they plan to resume the trial in January.
In their opinion, this would allow conservatives to lay a marker down on immigration while avoiding a shutdown for the time being.
But mostly, I think the Democrats are cynically pushing this shutdown talk as a way to scare their base.
Other conservative groups claim to have faced the threat of shutdown from the Facebook overlords, too.
shutdown
- the closing of a factory, shop, etc
- (as modifier)shutdown costs
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- to cease or cause to cease operation
- (tr) to close by lowering
- (tr) (of fog) to descend and envelop
- (intr; foll by on or upon) informal to put a stop to; clamp down on
- (tr) to reduce the power level of (a nuclear reactor) to the lowest possible value
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