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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1
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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2
as in to kill
to cause to stop functioning
shut off the computer to save electricity
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Recent Examples of shutoff
Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Edison is considering shutoffs for another 400,000 residents as winds pick up in the area.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Sara Cook, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
Ewing said that the inside temperature of the property was 49 degrees recently and that the gas lines had been shut off.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Public safety power shutoffs are more likely in the area of the particularly dangerous situation.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
Edison is considering shutoffs for another 400,000 residents as winds pick up in the area.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
However, the employees' email accounts with USAID and the contracting company were shut off, and the termination letters were sent afterwards to their personal emails, sources said.
—Sara Cook, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
Ewing said that the inside temperature of the property was 49 degrees recently and that the gas lines had been shut off.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shutoff
Noun
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So, Margaret, the – the May 27 protocol agreement signed last May 27 sets forth that the phase two negotiation is much about two things, A, a permanent cease-fire, a cessation of all violence, and, in addition to that, the fact that Hamas cannot be allowed to come back into the government.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2025
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This reduction is attributed to the cessation of clinical studies and workforce reduction.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
12 Feb. 2025
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Outside of suicide, the only way for a terminally ill person in Ohio to hasten their own death is to refuse life-prolonging treatments or to stop eating and drinking.—
Tim Botos,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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The move to stop what would have been the world’s biggest I.P.O. was a key development in a multiyear government crackdown on Chinese entrepreneurs.—
Alexandra Stevenson,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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The dismissals come less than three weeks after a midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people and brought new scrutiny to air traffic controllers and their workloads.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Train hoppers can and do get injured or even killed.—
Manuela López Restrepo,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2025
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For example, drugs can activate apoptosis or halt cell division in ways that mimic p53’s normal function.—
Prosper Obed Chukwuemeka,
The Conversation,
20 Feb. 2025
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About 30 cars derailed, forcing the train to a halt, officials said.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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The turmoil that enveloped the federal workforce over the last few days is unlikely to cease anytime soon as the U.S. government’s human resources agency considers how to fulfill Elon Musk ’s demands.—
Chris Megerian,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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The news many in the film sector feared over the weekend is coming to pass as Technicolor has made the majority of its UK workforce redundant and the majority of its activities have ceased.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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According to witnesses and vehicle data, the teen didn’t brake or take evasive maneuvers in the seconds leading up to the crash.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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While the jobs market always turns down last, Szilagyi remains convinced the Fed will continue to brake the economy.—
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CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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Portia & Jack 3 of 6 What happens to Portia and Jack in The White Lotus season 2 ending?—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
25 Feb. 2025
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The ending, like most broken marriages, has gotten ugly.—
Paul Sullivan,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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Hamas has freed all 25 living hostages included in the first six-week phase ending on March 1 in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.—
Joseph Krauss,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Use of the funding is up to the discretion of the organization, but vice president Gretchen Raffa confirmed that part of it will go towards stockpiling mifepristone, a drug used to end pregnancies.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Shutoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shutoff. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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