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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I was at the reopening of the Thomas Mann House, shut down for months of cleaning after it had miraculously survived the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
While The Crew may have lit the touchpaper for Stop Killing Games' launch, there have been many games before and since which have suddenly been shut down.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
It’s trying to get the turbines shut down.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Many older power plants have shut down, and new ones will take years and billions of dollars to build.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
By the end of the month, half the steel industry, including almost all the mills in Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Wheeling, West Virginia; Lackawanna, New York; and Youngstown, Ohio, had shut down.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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