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shutdown
[ shuht-doun ]
noun
- 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.
shutdown
/ ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn /
noun
- the closing of a factory, shop, etc
- ( as modifier )
shutdown costs
verb
- to cease or cause to cease operation
- tr to close by lowering
- tr (of fog) to descend and envelop
- informal.intr; foll by on or upon 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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Example Sentences
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.
With a government shutdown looming, Nancy Pelosi and Michele Bachmann are on the same side.
In their opinion, this would allow conservatives to lay a marker down on immigration while avoiding a shutdown for the time being.
Not so long ago, many were predicting that the government shutdown would kill Republican chances in 2014.
If a necessary shutdown occurred at night the silence awakened all sleepers in the neighborhood.
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