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shut⋅down

[shuht-doun]
–noun
a shutting down; a closing of a factory or the like for a time.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase shut down
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shut·down   (shŭt'doun')   
n.  A cessation of operations or activity, as at a factory.
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