as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
the utility company threatened them with the shutoff of electricity if the bills weren't paid
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as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
threatened to shut off peace talks if the other side kept making unreasonable demands
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as in to kill
to cause to stop functioning
shut off the computer to save electricity
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Recent Examples of shutoff
Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2024
On Friday, about 17,500 customers in 21 counties had been cut off, with the shutoffs possibly lasting through Saturday, according to PG&E’s latest update.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 8 Oct. 2024
Here are some important local updates Water and sewage services in St. Pete Beach will be shut off on Tuesday to protect the infrastructure, officials announced Sunday.
—Jeff Weiner, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
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Noun
However, no extreme east winds similar to 2020 or 2022, which led to major fire destruction and power shutoffs, are currently projected.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2024
On Friday, about 17,500 customers in 21 counties had been cut off, with the shutoffs possibly lasting through Saturday, according to PG&E’s latest update.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
Parents will love the touch-free opening technology, low-voltage warming, and nightlight that automatically shuts off after 15 minutes.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 8 Oct. 2024
Here are some important local updates Water and sewage services in St. Pete Beach will be shut off on Tuesday to protect the infrastructure, officials announced Sunday.
—Jeff Weiner, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shutoff
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Instead, what the country needs now is an interim cessation of hostilities that largely reflects current realities on the ground.Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
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The same family of contaminants triggered past recalls of the heartburn drug Zantac, the diabetes drug metformin and the smoking cessation medication Chantix.Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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Donations dwindle, while volunteers from the opposite side of the country stop coming or divert to another disaster.Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
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Blackwood stopped an initial shot by Crosby from inside the blue line.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Finally, as is obvious to most observers, Israel cannot kill its way out of the threat posed by Hamas and other armed Palestinian factions.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Dwight won’t budge from 25 percent because Bill’s men killed Dwight’s guy Jimmy the Creek, but that particular door of violence swings both ways and a reasonable person might just take the deal to avoid more dead Jimmy the Creeks.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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The Power Of Connected Manufacturing In today’s manufacturing plants, when a motor seizes up, the assembly line comes to a halt.Chris Turlica, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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And everything that people hate about politics went on steroids: after Trump abused his power, work on anything productive out of Washington ground to a halt.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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People also could order food online to pick up at different locations with the Order Ahead program, but that service will cease when the Feed Rogers building opens and people can shop for their own food again.Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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But as Trump’s presidency went on and his comments and actions didn’t cease to shock, Weymar and her Tiny Pricks community remained as emboldened as ever to bear witness to and record the political climate through craft.Gabby Shacknai, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Over time, the set-up might progress to more active interventions such as automatically braking a vehicle.David Prosser, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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In one corner, the quirky gal: Zooey Deschanel’s Jess, who decorated cupcakes and braked for birds.Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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Photo: Kimberley French/A24 Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending of Heretic.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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There’s this extraordinary moment where the ending of the Jan 6th hearings were concluding at the very moment of his entire congressional career.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Next week: Mesa Ridge at Montrose, TBA No. 3 Pueblo West beat No. 19 Golden, 49-7: Two weeks removed from their first loss of the season, the Cyclones ended a streak of three straight Round of 16 exits with a rout of Golden.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
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Mikael Granlund and William Eklund scored for the Sharks, who ended their road trip against Metropolitan Division teams with a 1-1-2 record.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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“Shutoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shutoff. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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