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shutdown

1 of 2

noun

shut·​down ˈshət-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce shutdown (audio)
: the cessation or suspension of an operation or activity

shut down

2 of 2

verb

shut down; shutting down; shuts down

intransitive verb

: to settle so as to obscure vision : close in
the night shut down early

transitive verb

: to make ineffective in competition
shut down the opposition's offensive line

Example Sentences

Noun the shutdown of the factory the factory resumed operation after a brief shutdown for repairs
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
But only when the pandemic hit, and schools were forced into shutdown, did the rest of the world take notice of those deep inequities. Leila Atassi, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2022 The permitting changes might be unveiled at the last minute, as pressure to avoid a government shutdown peaks. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022 The threat of a shutdown carried political risks for Biden, a Democrat who believes unions built the middle class. Josh Funk, Josh Boak And Zeke Miller, Chron, 16 Sep. 2022 Some argued the shutdown would put an immediate halt to illicit activities that were reportedly occurring too close to students, while others called the park sweep a traumatic and bandage approach to addressing homelessness. San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 In the early hours of Thursday morning, major US freight railroad companies reached a tentative agreement with unions, narrowly averting a nationwide rail shutdown less than 24 hours before a strike deadline. WIRED, 16 Sep. 2022 After 20 straight hours of negotiations, President Joe Biden said Thursday that freight railway companies and workers had reached a tentative agreement that would avert a shutdown that could have paralyzed the economy. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022 The president told the negotiators to consider the harm to families, farmers and businesses if a shutdown occurred. Josh Boak And Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022 Davin Peterson, a Woodbridge, Va., resident who takes the Virginia Railway Express commuter rail into the nation’s capital, said alerts earlier in the week about a possible VRE shutdown Friday worried him. Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2022
Verb
Europe's largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine's electricity grid, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid a radiation disaster as fighting rages in the area. Karl Ritter, ajc, 11 Sep. 2022 Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s electricity grid, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid a radiation disaster as fighting rages in the area. Karl Ritter, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022 The approach has seen large cities and important manufacturing hubs shut down or disrupted this year, dragging on the world’s second-largest economy and a key global growth engine. Emma O'brien, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2022 Many posted on social media that the elevators were shut down and access to stairways locked. Dan Strumpf, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Lafayette Coney voluntarily shut down Tuesday, Fair Razo said. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2022 In Washington, Cruz and other Republicans maneuvered the Democrats into a standoff over Obamacare funding, causing the US federal government to shut down for more than two weeks. Anthony Lydgate, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022 Grid officials are also concerned that wildfires could shut down transmission lines, but so far that has not happened in a major way. Kate Galbraith, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2022 Firefighters were close to finishing off the remainder of the Route fire near Castaic on Saturday, which over the past few days charred more than 5,200 acres, temporarily shut down all lanes of the 5 Freeway and prompted evacuations. Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1888, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1779, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of shutdown was in 1779

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